Medical Microbiology in India: the recent developments in the basic research, diagnostics and vaccines

Medical Microbiology in India: The Recent Developments in the Basic Research, Diagnostics and Vaccines JUGSHARAN SINGH VIRDI*, NEELJA SINGHAL, ANAY KUMAR MAURYA, THANDAVARAYAN RAMAMURTHY, PRIYA SINGH and NIRJARA SINGHVI Microbial Pathogenicity Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi 110 021, India Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad 121 001, Haryana, India Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007, India

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