Dr Rajlakshmi Viswanathan

1.Viswanathan R*, Bafna S, Patil K, Jadhav S, Katendra S, Mishra S, Maheshwari S, Damle H. Pertussis seroprevalence in mother-infant pairs from India: role of maternal immunisation. Arch Dis Child. 2021 Sep 15:

2. Shanmugasundaram D, Awasthi S, Dwibedi B, Geetha S, Jain M, Malik S, Patel B, Singh H, Tripathi S, Viswanathan R, Agarwal A, Bonu R, Jain S, Jena SK, Priyasree J, Pushpalatha K, Ali S, Biswas D, Jain A, Narang R, Madhuri S, George S, Kaduskar O, Kiruthika G, Sabarinathan R, Sapakal G, Gupta N, Murhekar MV. Burden of congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) in India based on data from cross-sectional serosurveys, 2017 and 2019-20. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 Jul 23;15(7):e0009608. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009608

3. Rajlakshmi Viswanathan*, Alok Chakrabarty, Sulagna Basu. Active support after natural disasters: a review of a microbiologist's role. Transactions of  The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, traa099, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traa099 28th Sept 2020

4. Gopalkrishna V, Joshi M, Viswanathan R, Malu G, Ganorkar N, Chavan N, Shinde M, Kumar A, Dhurandhare S. Cholera outbreak in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, western India. Indian J Med Res. 2019 Dec;150(6):640-643. doi: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_87_19

5. Murhekar M, Verma S, Singh K, Bavdekar A, Benakappa N, Santhanam S, Sapkal G, Viswanathan R, Singh MP, Nag VL, Naik S, Ashok M, Abraham AM, Shanmugasundaram D, Sabarinathan R, Verghese VP, George S, Sachdeva RK, Kolekar J, Manasa S, Ram J, Gupta M, Rohit MK, Kumar P, Gupta PC, Ratho RK, Munjal SK, Nehra U, Khera D, Gupta N, Kaushal N, Singh P, Gadepalli R, Vaid N, Kadam S, Shah S, Mahantesh S, Gowda VK, Haldar P, Aggarwal MK, Gupta N. Epidemiology of Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CRS) in India, 2016-18, based on data from sentinel surveillance. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 Feb 3;14(2):e0007982. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007982. eCollection 2020 Feb

6. Yadav PD, Gurav YK, Shete AM, Jain R, Nyayanit DA, Pardeshi PG, Viswanathan R, Chiplunkar TR, Awate P, Majumdar TP, Sahay RR, Mourya DT. Kinetics of viral RNA, immunoglobulin-M & G antibodies in Kyasanur forest disease. Indian J Med Res. 2019 Aug;150(2):186-193. doi: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1929_17

7. George S, Viswanathan R, Sapkal GN. Molecular aspects of the teratogenesis of rubella virus. Biol Res. 2019 Aug 28;52(1):47. doi: 10.1186/s40659-019-0254-3.

8. Viswanathan R*, Kumar A. Frontier Warriors-Combating Cholera in Rural India. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019 May;100(5):1071-1072. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0027

9. Viswanathan R*, Bafna S, Mergu R, Deshpande G, Gunjikar R, Gaikwad S, Mullick J. Direct Saliva Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay Shows Low Birth Prevalence of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection in Urban Western India. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2019 Apr;38(4):e65-e68. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002094

10. Viswanathan R, George S, Murhekar MV, Abraham AM, Singh MP, Jadhav SM, Nag V, Naik S, Raut C, Munivenkatappa A, Gupta M, Jagtap V, Kaduskar O, Gupta N, Sapkal GN. Comparison of two commercial ELISA kits for detection of rubella specific IgM in suspected congenital rubella syndrome cases and rubella IgG antibodies in a serosurvey of pregnant women. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2019 Jul;94(3):243-247. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2019.01.009. Epub 2019 Jan 24

11. Murhekar M, Bavdekar A, Benakappa A, Santhanam S, Singh K, Verma S, Sapkal GN, Gupta N, Verghese VP, Viswanathan R, Abraham AM, Choudhary S, Deshpande GN, George S, Goyal G, Gupta PC, Jhamb I, John D, Philip S, Kadam S, Sachdeva RK, Kumar P, Lepcha A, Mahantesh S, Manasa S, Nehra U, Munjal SK, Nag VL, Naik S, Raj N, Ram J, Ratho RK, Raut CG, Rohit MK, Sabarinathan R, Shah S, Singh P, Singh MP, Tiwari A, Vaid N. Sentinel Surveillance for Congenital Rubella Syndrome - India, 2016-2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2018 Sep 14;67(36):1012-1016. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6736a4

12. Muliyil DE, Singh P, Jois SK, Otiv S, Suri V, Varma V, Abraham AM, Raut C, Gupta M, Singh MP, Viswanathan R, Naik S, Nag V, Benakappa A, Bavdekar A, Sapkal G, Singh K, Gupta N, Verma S, Santhanam S, Mishra S, Bhatnagar A, Prasad GRV, Kolekar J, Raj N, Sabarinathan R, Sachdeva RK, George S, Chaudhary S, Verghese VP, Jagtap V, Bharadwaj M, Murhekar M. Sero-prevalence of rubella among pregnant women in India, 2017. Vaccine. 2018 Dec 18;36(52):7909-7912. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.11.013. Epub 2018 Nov 15.

13. Munivenkatappa A, Sahay RR, Yadav PD, Viswanathan R, Mourya DT. Clinical & epidemiological significance of Kyasanur forest disease. Indian J Med Res. 2018 Aug;148(2):145-150. doi: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_688_17. Review

14. Viswanathan R*, Tandale BV, Tamayachekar MS, Jadhav SM, Khutwad KA, Munne KR Seroepidemiology of Parvovirus B19 among different age groups and pregnant women in India  Indian Journal of Medical Research. 2017;146(1):138-140

15. Mourya DT*, Viswanathan R, Jadhav SM, Yadav PD, Basu A and Chadha MS.

16. Retrospective analysis of clinical information in Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever patients: 2014-2015, India. Indian Journal of Medical Research,2017 145(5):673-678

17. Sapkal GN, Yadav PD, Vegad MM, Viswanathan R, Gupta N, Mourya* DT First laboratory confirmation on the existence of Zika virus disease in India. Journal of Infection . 2017; J Infect. 2018 Mar;76(3):314-317. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2017.09.020. Epub 2017 Oct 5

18.  Gurav Y, Yadav PD, Gokhale M, Chiplunkar T, Viswanathan R, Jain R, Shete A, Patil,S, Sarang, G, Sapkal GN, Andhare, M, Sale Y, Awate P, Mourya DT*. Kyasanur forest disease prevalence in Western Ghats proven and confirmed by recent outbreak of Maharashtra, India, 2016 Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2018 Mar;18(3):164-172. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2017.2129. Epub 2018 Jan 16

19. Chatterjee S, Datta S, Roy S, Ramanan L, Saha A, Viswanathan R, Som T and Basu S*.Carbapenem Resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii and other Acinetobacter spp.causing neonatal sepsis: Focus on NDM-1 and Its Linkage to ISAba125. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2016; 7:1126. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01126

20. Datta S, Mitra S, Viswanathan R, Saha A, Basu S*. Characterization of novel plasmidmediated β-lactamases (SHV-167 and ACT-16) associated with New Delhi Metallo-β-lactamase-1 harboring isolates from neonates in India. Journal of  Medical Microbiology. 2014; 63:480-2.

21. Viswanathan R*, Singh AK, Basu S., Chatterjee S., Roy S. and Isaacs, D. Multi drug resistant nonfermenting Gram negative bacilli in neonatal sepsis: a four year study. Paediatrics and International Child Health. 2014 ;34:56-9

22. Jain P, Roy S., Viswanathan R., Basu S., Singh AK. and Dutta S*. Concurrent and transferable resistance to extended-spectrum cephalosporins, monobactam and fluoroquinolone in a Salmonella enterica serovar Worthington blood isolate from a
neonate in Kolkata, India. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 2013 ;41:494-5

23. Roy S., Datta S, Viswanathan R., Singh AK., and Basu S*.Tigecycline susceptibility in Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli causing neonatal septicaemia (2007–10) and role of an efflux pump in tigecycline non-susceptibility. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.2013; 68(5):1036-42 

24. Viswanathan, R*., ., Singh, AK., Basu, S., Chatterjee, S., Sardar, S. and Isaacs, D. Multi-drug resistant Gram negative bacilli causing early neonatal sepsis in India. Archives of Diseases in Childhood Fetal Neonatal Ed,2012;97: F182-F187

25. Viswanathan, R*., Singh, AK., Ghosh, C.,  Dasgupta, S.,  Mukherjee, S. and Basu, S.Profile of neonatal septicaemia at a district level sick newborn care unit. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. 2012; 30:41-8

26. Viswanathan, R*., Singh, AK., Ghosh, C., Mukherjee, S., Sardar, S. and Basu, S. Experience of setting up a microbiology service for rural facility based sick newborn care unit .Journal of Tropical Pediatrics. 2012; 58 : 80-1

27. Roy, S., Singh, AK., Viswanathan, R., Nandy, RK. and Basu, S*.. Transmission of imipenem resistance determinant during the course of an outbreak with NDM-1 Escherichia coli in a sick new born care unit, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2011; 66 :2773-80

28. Roy, S., Viswanathan, R., Singh, AK., Das, P. and Basu, S.. Sepsis in neonates due to imipenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae producing NDM-1 in India. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2011; 66 : 1411-13.

29. Viswanathan, R*., Singh, AK., Mukherjee, S., Mukherjee, R., Das, P. and Basu, S. An outbreak of neonatal sepsis presenting with exanthematous rash caused by Klebsiella pneumonia. Epidemiology & Infection. 2011; 139 : 226-8

30. Viswanathan, R*., Singh, AK., Mukherjee, S., Mukherjee, R., Das, P. and Basu, S. Aetiology and antimicrobial resistance of neonatal sepsis at a tertiary care centre in Eastern India: a 3 year study. Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 2011 ; 78 : 409-12

31. Viswanathan, R*., Singh, AK., Ghosh, C. and Basu, S. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in early onset neonatal sepsis , Indian Pediatrics. 2011;  48 : 397-99.

32. Bose, M., Viswanathan, R., Dasgupta, S., Singh AK*. Towards a newborn screening strategy for hemoglobinopathies: a pilot study. Indian Pediatrics. 2011;48 :154-55

33. Roy, S., Basu, S., Dasgupta, S., Singh, AK. and Viswanathan, R*. Carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from blood of neonates with sepsis. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology. 2010; 28 : 416-17.

34.  Roy, S., Viswanathan, R., Singh, AK., Das, P. and Basu, S*. Gut colonization by multidrug and carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in neonates. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 2010; 29 : 1495- 1500.

36. Viswanathan, R*., Singh, AK. Clinical microbiology for neonatal infections. Indian Journal   of Medical Microbiology. 2010.;28:83