About Profile

Dr. Borkakoty has led the Regional Viral Research & Diagnostic Laboratory scheme at ICMR-RMRC NE since its establishment in 2014. He has served as the Principal Investigator for over 15 projects and has successfully managed several national multicentric studies, including those on hospital-based Rotavirus surveillance, Influenza-like illness surveillance, Viral hepatitis, and HPV in Northeast India. With more than 85 publications in national and international peer-reviewed journals, Dr. Borkakoty has also contributed to two book chapters. He has filed a patent for a novel method to diagnose and differentiate Omicron sub-variants of SARS-CoV-2 using qRT-PCR and has played a key role in developing a paper-based capacitive biosensor for rapid COVID-19 detection. Dr. Borkakoty and his team are actively involved in providing swift diagnostic services and outbreak support in Northeast India. During the COVID-19 pandemic, they conducted over 380,000 RT-PCR tests, aiding in the early diagnosis and management of cases in the region. Early in his career, Dr. Borkakoty received the prestigious Young Investigator Award from the International AIDS Society in 2007, in Sydney, Australia, for his research on HIV/AIDS and drug abuse. He is regularly invited to Regional, National and International conferences as a speaker on various topics on Medical Microbiology.

Area of Interest

Medical Microbiology, Virology, Molecular Microbiology, Tumor immunology, and Bioinformatics

Research Experience

Dr. Borkakoty has over 23 years of Research experience. He has worked in the areas of Medical Microbiology, Virology, Cancer, Epidemiology and Bioinformatics

Awards & Acheivements

Professional Experience

• Presently working in the post of Scientist-F, ICMR-RMRC NE Dibrugarh F (w.e.f 1st Sept 2021).
• Worked in the post of Scientist-E from 1st Sept 2016 to 31st Aug 2021
• Worked in the post of Scientist-D from 1st Sept 2012 to 31st Aug 2016.
• Worked in the post of Scientist-C since 14th Feb 2008, RMRC Dibrugarh.
• Worked as a Senior Research Officer (Scientist-II) in the Regional Medical Research Centre for NE region under the project: “To assess the seroprevalence of HSV-2 in pregnant women of Northeastern states” Duration: 1 year 1 month.
• Senior Research Officer (Scientist-II) in the Regional Medical Research Centre for NE region under the project: “Study of HIV/AIDS and drug abuse in northeast region” Duration of work: 2 years 3 months (August 2004 –Oct 2006)
• Three years post-graduation in Medical Microbiology at Assam Medical College & Hospital with 2 1/2 years of teaching experience to undergraduate Medical students. Duration: 3 years (July 2001 to June 2004).
• Demonstrator/Medical Officer Blood Bank in Assam Medical College & Hospital. Duration of work: 8 months (July 2000 to March 2001).
• Resident House Officer in private hospitals in various Clinical departments. Duration: 1 year (May 1999 to June 2000).
• Resident House Officer (Dept of Pediatrics and Casualty) in Indian Oil Cooperation (I.O.C) Hospital, Digboi, Assam. Duration of work: 20 months (September 1997 to April 1999).

Publications

1. Borkakoty B, Mahanta J, Biswas D. HBV vaccination in hyperendemic remote tribal areas in India. Vaccine. 2007 Dec 5;25(50):8347-9. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.09.058.
2. Borkakoty BJ, Mahanta J, and Biswas D. Circulating Genotypes of Hepatitis B Virus in Arunachal Pradesh. Indian J Med Res. 2008;127(1):65-70.
3. Borkakoty B, Borthakur AK and Gohain M. Prevalence of toxolplasma gondii infection amongst pregnant women in Assam, India. Indian J Med Microbiol.2007;25(4):438-439
4. Borkakoty BJ, Biswas D and Mahanta J. Delta hepatitis infection, northeast India. Indian J Gastroenterol.2007;26(5):251-252.
5. P.K. Chelleng, B.J. Borkakoty, M. Chetia, H.K. Das & J. Mahanta Risk of hepatitis C infection among injection drug users in Mizoram, India. Indian J Med Res. 2008 (nov);128
6. Barua P, Barua S, Borkakoty B and Mahanta J. Onchycomycosis by Scytalidium dimidiatum in green tea pluckers: Report of two cases. Mycopathologia. 2007;164:193-195
7. Biswas D, Borkakoty BJ, Mahanta J, Jampa L, and Deouri LC. Hyperendemic foci of Hepatitis B infection in Arunachal Pradesh, India. JAPI.2007;55:701-704.
8. Das HK, Borkakoty B, Mahanta J, Medhi GK and Chelleng PK. Hepatitis C Virus infection and Risk Behaviors among Injection Drug Users in Nagaland, India. Indian J Gastroenterology. 2007;26(5):253-254.
9. Mahanta J, Borkakoty B, Das HK and Chelleng PK. The risk of HIV and HCV infections among injection drug user in northeast India. AIDSCare. 2009;21(11):1420-24.
10. Devi U, Borkakoty B, Barua P and Mahanta J. Burden of Ascariasis in schoolchildren of Assam. J. Commun.Dis.2009; 41(4):289-92.
11. Arankalle VA, Gandhe SS, Borkakoty B J, Walimbe AM, Biswas D and Mahanta J. A novel HBV recombinant (genotype I) similar to Vietnam/Laos in a primitive tribe in eastern India. Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 2010 doi:10.1111/j.1365-2893.2009.01206
12. Mahanta J, Borkakoty B, Biswas D, Walia K. Circumcision and herpes simplex virus-2 infection among spouses. Sex Transm Infect 2010;86:487
13. Devi U, Borkakoty B, Mahanta J. Strongyloidiasis in Assam, India: A community-based study. Trop Parasitol 2011;1:30-2.
14. Biswas D, Yadav K, Borkakoty B, Mahanta J. Simultaneous infection of measles and varicella-zoster virus in a child in India. J Med Virol 2011;83:2004-7
15. Biswas D, Borkakoty B, Mahanta J, Walia K, Saikia L, Akoijam BS, Jampa L, Kharkonggor A, Zomawia E. Seroprevalence and risk factors of herpes simplex virus type-2 infection among pregnant women in Northeast India. BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:325 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-11-325.
16. Borkakoty B, Biswas D, Devi U, Yadav K, Mahanta J. Emergence of classical ctxB genotype 1 and tetracycline resistant strains of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor in Assam, India. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2012, 106(6):382-6.
17. Sharma U, Mahanta J, Borkakoty BJ, Talukdar KL, Gogoi R, Yadav, K. Demographic characteristics of HPV infection in women – A Hospital based study from Guwahati, India. National Journal of Medical Research. 2013; 3(1).
18. Sharma U, Mahanta J, Borkakoty B, Talukdar KL. DETECTION OF HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS DNA FROM DRY PAPER CERVICAL SMEAR- A HOSPITAL BASED STUDY. International Journal of Life Science and Medical Research. 2013; 2013 3(2): 82-87.
19. Biswas D, Yadav K, Borkakoty B, Mahanta J. “Molecular characterization of human respiratory syncytial virus NA1 and GA5 genotypes detected in Assam of Northeast India, 2009-2012”. J Med Virol. 2013 Jun 18. Doi: 10.1002/jmv.23636.
20. Borkakoty B, Sarma K, Parida P, Prakash A, Mohapatra PK, Mahanta J. In Silico screening of antifolate based novel inhabitors from Brucea mollis Wall.ex kurz against quadruple mutant drug resistant PfDHFR. Combinatorial chemistry & High Throughput Screening 2014; 17 :483-484
21. Biswas D, Yadav K, Borkakoty B, Mahanta J. Human metapneumivirus infection among outpatient children in Dibrugarh District Assam, Northeast India, 2009-2012. Indian Pediatr 2014;51: 931-932
22. Patgiri SJ, Borthakur AK, Borkakoty B, Saikia L, Dutta R, Phukan SK. An appraisal of clinicopathological parameters in Japanese encephalitis and changing epidemiological trends in upper Assam, India. Indian J Pathol Microbiol 2014;57:400-6.
23. Sarma U, Mahanta J, Borkakoty B, Sarmah B. Distribution of Human papillomavirus infections of uterine Cervix among women of reproductive age- A cross sectional hospital based study from Northeast India. APJCP 2015; 16(4):1519-23.
24. Gogoi D, Borkakoty B, Biswas D, Mahanta J. Activation and Exhaustion of Adaptive Immune Cells in Hepatitis B Infection. Viral Immunol 2015 Sep; 28(7):348-53.
25. Jakharia A, Borkakoty B, Singh S. Expression of SPARC like protein 1 (SPARCL1), extracelluar matrix-associated protein is down regulated in gastric adenocarcinoma. J Gastrointest Oncol 2015;7(2):278-283.
26. Yadav K, Biswas D, Baruah P, Borkakoty B, Mahanta J. Hepatitis B endemicity in some parts of Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India. Indian J community Med 2016;
27. Borkakoty B, Jakharia A, Biswas D, Mahanta J. Co-infection of scrub typhus and leptospirosis in patients with pyrexia of unknown origin in Longding district of Arunachal Pradesh in 2013. Indian J med Microbiol 2016;34:88-91.
28. JakhariaA, Borkakoty B*, Biswas D, Yadav K, Mahanta J. Seroprevalence of Scrub Typhus Infection in Arunachal Pradesh, India. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2016 Aug 18. [Epub ahead of print]
29. Sarma K, Borkakoty B*, Parida P, Jakharia A, Dey D, Biswas D, Panda D, Modi MK, Mohapatra PK and Mahanta J. In silico Identification of natural lead molecules from the genus of Phyllanthus against Hepatitis B Virus Reverse Transcriptase. The Natural Products Journal 2016, Vol 6; [4] Issues.
30. Sarma K, Bora SS, Jakharia A, Mohapatra PK and, Borkakoty B*. Immunoinformatics screening of prospective MHC Class I restricted cytotoxic T-cell based epitopes in Zika virus. International journal of current Advanced research, 2016;vol-5.
31. Sarma K, Borkakoty B*, Parida P, Bora SS, Mohapatra PK, Biswas D, Mahanta J. IDENTIFICATION OF NATURAL LEAD MOLECULES OF CENTELLA ASIATICA AND AZADIRACHTA INDICA TARGETING CHOLERA TOXIN THROUGH STRUCTURE BASED DRUG DESIGN. IAJPR. 2016; 6(8): 6418-6429.
32. Borkakoty B, Jakharia A, Bhattacharya CK, Das M, Biswas D, and Mahanta J. Prevalence of enteric adenovirus among non rotavirus diarrhea in Assam, northeast India. Int J Med Res Prof.2016; 2(5); 124-30.
33. Borkakoty B, Biswas D, Jakharia A, and Mahanta J. Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in pregnant women in Northeast India. J Assoc Physicians India. 2016 Oct;64(10):24-28.
34. Yadav K, Borkakoty B, Biswas D, Bhattacharya CB, Das AK, Mahanta J. High prevalence of Torque-teno virus in North-Eastern India. Spectrum 2016; Vol 3, 53-66.
35. Gogoi D, Biswas D, Borkakoty B, Mahanta J. Notch signalling and its emerging role in T cell biology. Spectrum 2016; Vol 3, 7-23.
36. Yadav K, Borkakoty B, Biswas D, Bhattacharya CB, Mahanta J. Messenger RNA expression of human toll like receptors 3, 7 and 9 in Peripheral blood of patients with Hepatitis B infection. International Journal of Biomedical and Advance Research. 2017; 8(03): 87-91.
37. Biswas D, Buragohain M, Yadav K, Dutta M, Sharma K, Baruah PJ, Borkakoty B. Outbreak of Influenza-like illness investigated during August 2013 near Indo-China Border of Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India. J Med Virol. 2016 Nov;88(11):1999-2003.
38. Mohapatra PK, Pachuau E, Kumar C, Borkakoty B, Zomawia E, Singh A, Walia K, Arora R, Mahanta J, and Subbarao SK. HIV-malaria interactions in North-East India: A prospective cohort study. Indian J Med Res. 2017 Mar; 145(3): 387–394.
39. Nath R, Sargiary P, Borkakoty B, Parida P. Cutaneotrichosporon (Trichosporon) debeurmannianum: A Rare Yeast Isolated from Blood and Urine Samples. Mycopathologia. 2017 Dec 1. doi: 10.1007/s11046-017-0231-8. [Epub ahead of print]
40. Nath R, Bora R, Borkakoty B, Saikia L, Parida P. Clinically relevant yeast species identified by sequencing the internal transcribed spacer region of r-RNA gene and Vitek 2 compact (YST card) commercial identification system: Experience in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Assam, Northeast India. Indian J Med Microbiol 2017;35:588-92.
41. Sarmah K, Borkakoty B*, Sarma K, Hazarika R, Das PK, Jakharia A, Das M, Biswas D. Genetic variations of the hemagglutinnin gene of panedemic Influenza A (H1N1) viruses in Assam, India during 2016. 3Biotech (2018)8:408.
42. Gogoi D, Biswas D and Borkakoty B. Exposure to Plasmodium vivax is associated with the increased expression of exhaustion markers on γδ T lymphocytes. Parasite Immunology.2018;40:e12594.
43. Dutta M, Dutta P, Medhi S, Borkakoty B*, Biswas D. Polymorphism of HLA Class I and Class II alleles in Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus infected population of Assam, Northeast India. J Med Virol. 2018 May;90(5):854-860.
44. Borkakoty B, Das M, Sarma K, Jakharia A, Das PK, Bhattacharya C, Apum B, Biswas D. Molecular characterization and phylogenetic analysis of dengue outbreak in Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India. Indian J Med Microbiol 2018;36:37-42.
45. Phukan RK, Borkakoty BJ, Phukan SK, Bhandari K, Mahanta J, Tawsik S, Bhandari S, Rai A, Narain K. Association of processed food, synergistic effect of alcohol and HBV with Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a high incidence region of India. Cancer Epidemiol. 2018 Apr;53:35-41.
46. Apum B, Jakharia A, Borkakoty B, Das PK, Biswas D, Dutta P. Comprehensive Environmental Management Measures Controlled Dengue Virus (DENV) in an Endemic Region. J Assoc Physicians India. 2018; Vol. 66; 98-99.
47. Borkakoty B, Das M, Jakharia A, Bhattacharya C, Bora C, Baruah P J, Biswas D. Hand, foot and mouth disease caused by Coxsackie viruses A6 and A16 in Assam, Northeast India: A need for surveillance. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2019 Mar 12. doi: 10.4103/ijdvl.IJDVL_576_17. [Epub ahead of print].
48. Rao C, Kaur H, Gupta N, ….. , Borkakoty B, et al,. Geographical distribution of primary & secondary dengue cases in India – 2017: A cross-sectional multicentric study. Indian J Med Res 149, April 2019, pp 548-553.
49. Biswas D, Dutta M, Sarmah K, Yadav K, Buragohain M, Sarma K, Borkakoty B. Genetic characterisation of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses circulating in Assam, Northeast India during 2009–2015. Indian J Med Microbiol 2019;37:42-9.
50. Potdar V, Vijay N, Gupta N, Arunkumar G, Borkakoty B, Malhotra B, Rabha D, Hinge D, Kaur H, Chadha M, and VRDL Team. Molecular characterization of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses circulating at various geographical locations in India, 2017. Indian J Med Res. 2019; 149(6):783-789.
51. Biswas D, Bhattacharyya DR*, Yadav K, Baruah PJ and Borkakoty B. Identification of a species of deer fly attacking human and live stocks in Assam, India. ENTOMON 44(3): 237-240 (2019).
52. Dutta M, Dutta P, Medhi S, Borkakoty B*, Biswas D. Immune response during influenza virus infection among the population of Assam, Northeast India. Indian J Med Microbiol 2019;37:549-56
53. Borkakoty B*, Jakharia A, Sarmah MD, Hazarika R, Baruah PJ, Bora CJ, Temsu T, Gohain M, Devi U, Biswas D. Prevalence of campylobacter enteritis in children under 5 years hospitalised for diarrhoea in two cities of Northeast India. Indian J Med Microbiol 2020;38:32-6
54. Sajeed R, Sarma K, Sarmah K, Biswas D & Borkakoty B*. Computational screening of potential MHC class I restricted cytotoxic T lymphocytes-based common multi-epitopes of major arboviral diseases. FUTURE VIROLOGY 2020;15:8 https://doi.org/10.2217/fvl-2019-0160
55. Baruah FK, Borkakoty B, Saikia S, Baruah MP, Devi U. Burkholderia pseudomallei septic arthritis in Type-2 diabetes mellitus patients: Report of two cases. Indian J Med Microbiol 2020;38:222-5
56. Praharaj I, Jain A, Singh M, Balakrishnan A, Dhodapkar R, Borkakoty B, Ashok M, Das P, Biswas D, Kalawat U, Turuk J, Sugunan A P, Prakash S, Singh AK, Barathidasan R, Subhadra S, Sabat J, Manjunath M J, Kanta P, Mudhigeti N, Hazarika R, Mishra H, Abhishek K, Santhalembi C, Dikhit MR, Vijay N, Narayan J, Kaur H, Giri S, Gupta N. Pooled testing for COVID-19 diagnosis by real-time RT-PCR: A multi-site comparative evaluation of 5- & 10-sample pooling. Indian J Med Res 2020;152:88-94
57. Baruah FK, Borkakoty B, Ahmed A, Bora P. Neonatal Meningitis and Septicemia caused by multi-drug resistance Elizabethkingia anopheles identified by 16s Ribosomal RNA: An Emerging Threat” Journal of Global Infectious Diseases. 2020; 12(4):225-227.
58. Girish Kumar CP, Giri S, Chawla-Sarkar M, Gopalkrishna V, Chitambar SD, Ray P, Borkakoty B et al. Epidemiology of rotavirus diarrhea among children less than 5 years hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis prior to rotavirus vaccine introduction in India. Vaccine. 2020 Dec 3;38(51):8154-8160. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.10.084. Epub 2020 Nov 7.
59. Borkakoty B and Bali NK. TSP-based PCR for rapid identification of L and S type strains of SARS-CoV-2. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2021 Jan; 39(1): 73–80., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmmb.2021.01.003
60. Gogoi G, Das M, Borkakoty B*, Borgohain M, Das AK. Suspected SARS-CoV-2 reinfections in health care workers from Assam, India: Are they true reinfections? Indian Journal of Pathology and Oncology 2021;8(1:10-16.
61. Borkakoty B and Bali NK. Haemophilus influenzae and SARS-CoV-2: Is there a role for investigation? Indian J Med Microbiol. 2021 ;39(2):240-244.
62. Yadav PD, Nyayanit DA, Majumdar T, Patil S, Kaur H, Gupta N, Shete AM, ….Borkakoty B, et al. An Epidemiological Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Sequences from Different Regions of India. Viruses. 2021; 13(5):925. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13050925
63. Gogoi D, Borkakoty B, Biswas D, Yadav K, Patel V. Characteristics of Circulatory γδ T cells in Patients with Symptomatic Chronic Hepatitis B Infection. Viral Immunol. 2021 Sep;34(7):483-490. doi: 10.1089/vim.2020.0314. Epub 2021 Jun 4. PMID: 34096794.]
64. Borkakoty B*, Jakharia A, Bali NK, Sarmah MD, Hazarika R, Baruah G, Bhattacharya C, Biswas D. A preliminary evaluation of normal saline as an alternative to viral transport medium for COVID-19 diagnosis. Indian J Med Res 2021;153:684-8.
65. Gupta, N.; Kaur, H.; Yadav, P.D.; .. Borkakoty, B et al. Clinical Characterization and Genomic Analysis of Samples from COVID-19 Breakthrough Infections during the Second Wave among the Various States of India. Viruses 2021, 13, 1782.
66. Alagarasu, K. Patil JA, Kakadeet MB…. Borkakoty BJ.. et al. Serotype and genotype diversity of dengue viruses circulating in India: a multi-centre retrospective study involving the Virus Research Diagnostic Laboratory Network in 2018. Int. J. Infect. Dis. 111, 242–252 (2021).
67. Gogoi D, Biswas D, Borkakoty B, Dutta M. T cell responses in symptomatic moderate patients with pandemic 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus infection. Acta Virologica. 2021 ;65(3):245-253.
68. Bali N, Borkakoty B, Bashir H, Nazir S, Wani S, Mir A, Hazarika R. Isolation of mecC Gene carrying Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Clinical Samples from a Tertiary Care Institute, Northern India. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2021 Oct, Vol-15(10): DC11-DC15
69. Bhowmick IP, Pandey A, Subbarao …Borkakoty B, et al. Diagnosis of Indigenous Non-Malarial Vector-Borne Infections from Malaria Negative Samples from Community and Rural Hospital Surveillance in Dhalai District, Tripura, North-East India. Diagnostics (Basel). 2022 Feb 1;12(2):362
70. Borkakoty B*, Sarmah MD, Majumdar T, Bhattacharjee CK, Baruah PJ, Biswas D, Kaur H. Role of Innate Immune Regulatory Genes, FOXP3 and FOS in Chronic Hepatitis B Infection. Viral Immunol. 2022 May;35(4):338-344. doi: 10.1089/vim.2021.0145. PMID: 35580072..
71. Aggarwal N, Potdar V, Vijay N, Mukhopadhyay L, Borkakoty B, Manjusree S, Choudhary ML, Chowdhury D, Verma R, Bhardwaj SD, Sarmah N, H. SK, Kumar P, Gupta N. SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza Virus Co-Infection Cases Identified through ILI/SARI Sentinel Surveillance: A Pan-India Report. Viruses. 2022; 14(3):627. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14030627
72. Yadav PD, Kaur H, Gupta N, Sahay RR, Sapkal GN, Shete AM, Deshpande GR, Mohandas S, Majumdar T, Patil S, Pandit P, Kumar A, Nyayanit DA, Sreelatha KH, Manjusree S, Sami H, Khan HM, Malhotra A, Dhingra K, Gadepalli R, Sudha Rani V, Singh MK, Joshi Y, Dudhmal M, Duggal N, Chabbra M, Dar L, Gawande P, Yemul J, Kalele K, Arjun R, Nagamani K, Borkakoty B, Sahoo G, Praharaj I, Dutta S, Barde P, Jaryal SC, Rawat V. Zika a Vector Borne Disease Detected in Newer States of India Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic. Front Microbiol. 2022 Jun 10;13:888195. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.888195. PMID: 35756041; PMCID: PMC9226610.
73. Sarma K, Bali NK, Sarmah N, Borkakoty B*. In Silico Screening of Prospective MHC Class I and II Restricted T-Cell Based Epitopes of the Spike Protein of SARS-CoV-2 for Designing of a Peptide Vaccine for COVID-19. COVID. 2022; 2(12):1731-1747.
74. Jakharia A, Borkakoty B*, Pait S, Baruah G, Hazarika R, Biswas D. First Isolation and Characterization of SARS-CoV-2 From COVID-19 Patient of North East India. IJPM Dec 2022. DOI: 10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_748_21
75. Sarmah K, Sarma K, Borah PK, Mahanta J, Borkakoty B*, Kaur H. Co-circulation of two Mumps virus genotypes in Assam, India. Virus Genes. 2023; 59(4):515-523. doi: 10.1007/s11262-023-02000-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37133580.
76. Borkakoty B*, Bali NK, Jakaria A, Hazarika, Temsu T, Gohain M, Kaur H. Norovirus gastroenteritis in children under-five years hospitalized for diarrhea in two cities of northeast India: A retrospective study. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology,2023; 45:100397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmmb.2023.100397.
77. Sahu PP, Sarma G, Das S, Borkakoty B. Rapid diagnosis of COVID-19 using disposal paper capacitive sensor. Analytica Chimica Acta. 2023;1273: 341500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2023.341500.
78. Bali N, Borkakoty B, Ali A, Ahmed T, Roohi S, Wani S, Nisar Q, Hazarika R. Presence of fimH and iss type 1, 2 and 3 genes in uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolates recovered from an apex medical institute in North India. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2023;46:100417, ISSN 0255-0857, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmmb.2023.100417.
79. Biswas S, Rajkonwar J, Nirmolia T, Jena SR, Sarkar U, Bhattacharyya DR, Borkakoty B, Pandey A, Subbarao SK, Majumder T, et al. First Report of Rubber Collection Bowls & Plastic and Bamboo Water Containers as the Major Breeding Source of Ae. albopictus with the Indigenous Transmission of Dengue and Chikungunya in Rural Forested Malaria-Endemic Villages of Dhalai District, Tripura, India: The Importance of Molecular Identification. Biomedicines. 2023; 11(8):2186. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines11082186
80. Potdar V, Vijay N, Mukhopadhyay L, ... Borkakoty B, et al. Pan-India influenza-like illness (ILI) and Severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) surveillance: epidemiological, clinical and genomic analysis. Frontiers in Public Health. Oct 2023; 11:1218292. Doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1218292
81. Baruah S, Jakharia A* and Borkakoty B. Burden of Infectious Diseases in North East India: A Mini-Review. J Microbiol Biotechnol 2023, 8(3): 000270. DOI: 10.23880/oajmb-16000270
82. Boro P, Gongo T, Ori K, Kamki Y, Ete N, Jini M, Jampa L, Patgiri SJ, Sarmah N, Siddique AI, Bhattacharjee CK, Bali NK, Borkakoty B*. An outbreak of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis due to Coxsackievirus A24 in a residential school, Naharlagun, Arunachal Pradesh: July 2023, Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology 2024;48:100549. ISSN 0255-0857,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmmb.2024.100549
83. Kaur H, Borkakoty B, Lynrah KG, Majumdar T, Singh KL, Apum B, et al. 2024. “Viral Hepatitis Prevalence Among Tribal and Non-Tribal Hospitalised Patients in Northeast India With a Note on Its Prevalence before and During COVID-19”. European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety 16 (7):317-35. https://doi.org/10.9734/ejnfs/2024/v16i71483.

Projects

Ongoing projects as PI or site PI:

• Setting up of nation-wide network of laboratories for managing epidemics and national calamities – (Scheme Regional VRDL 2022-2026) funded by DHR
• To enhance the quality of infectious disease diagnosis in India through implementation of an External Quality Assurance Program” under National Health Research Priority (NHRP) on One Health (2024-26)
• Development and validation of a Point-of-Care Respiratory Syncytial Virus assay (Intramural-ICMR; 2024-2026)
• Study on persistence of high-risk HPV infection and its association with specific epigenetic markers and HLA-class-II gene polymorphism among adult females from Northeast India (ICMR-Extra-mural: 2021-2024)
• High Performance Computing Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Hub (Multi-site; Initiating institute ICMR-NIV, Pune, 2024-26)
• Pan India surveillance for respiratory viruses through DHR-ICMR VRDL Network” under National Health Research Program (NHRP)” One Health (Multi-site, initiated by ICMR-Hq; 2024-26)
• Strengthening of ILI/SARI surveillance for human respiratory viruses (Influenza viruses: Respiratory Syncytial viruses and SARS-CoV-2) (Multi-site, initiated by ICMR-Hq; 2024-26)
• To study the combinatorial and synergistic effect of Artemisinin, Paclitaxel and Guggulsterone on hepatocellular carcinoma and breast cancer cell lines (ICMR; 2022-24)

Past Projects as PI or site PI (Completed):

• Pan India Epidemiological, Virological and Genomic Surveillance for Human Influenza and COVID-19 through DHR-ICMR VRDL Network (2021-2024)
• A study on seroprevalence of COVID-19 virus infection in Dibrugarh District of Assam, North East India (Jan-Feb-2021; funded by Oil India Ltd, Duliajan)
• Establishment of Ten ICMR Biorepositories for COVID-19
• A Systematic assessment of acute viral hepatitis and chronic liver diseases in Northeast India with special reference to strengthening of laboratories in the region (ICMR-Taskforce, 2019-2023)
• Sentinel surveillance for influenza, including avian influenza, in India (ICMR-WHO, 2019-20)
• Prevention and Control of diseases "Development of tools to prevent outbreak of epidemics" for quality check (QC) under VRDL Project (ICMR, 2020-22)
• Establishment of a network of laboratories for managing epidemics and natural calamities (DHR; RVRDL Scheme; 2014-2021)
• Assessment of acute gastroenteritis pathogens among hospitalized children below 5 years of age in Dibrugarh and Dimapur. (ICMR-Intramural; 2017-18)
• Study of host innate immunity and hepatitis B persistence (ICMR-2014-2016)
• National Hospital based Rotavirus surveillance network (multi-centric, ICMR-CDC-WHO; 2014-2016)
• Study of occult hepatitis B infection and immunity status in a region of hyperendemic hepatitis B infection in Arunachal Pradesh (2010-2012) (ICMR-extramural)
• Biomedical Informatics Centre of ICMR” NE Region, Dibrugarh (ICMR-Task force; 2013-2018)
• Upgradation of the Virology Department to a Nodal Molecular Virology Lab dedicated to focus on HIV, Hepatitis and Influenza viruses in northeast India (DBT: 2010-2015)
• ICMR Virology Network laboratory Grade-I (ICMR; 2013-2015)

Staff

Details of current Project Staff (2024) working under the guidance of Dr Borkakoty