Sathish Sankar

Professor,  Saveetha Dental College and Hospital 

Location: India

Consulting Services

Areas Of Interest

Professional Narrative

Employment

Professor, Sri Narayani Hospital and Research Centre 2008
Professor, Saveetha Dental College 2022
Consultant Microbiologist, Naruvi Hospitals 2020

Education

PhD, Bharathiar University 2008

Referees

Suganya Subramanian, Auxilium College.

“Assistant Professor”

Dr Ramya Barani, Sri Ramachandra Medical College.

“Assistant Professor”

Publications

  1. S. Sathish and K Swaminathan. Molecular characterization of the diversity of Clostridium chauvoei isolates collected from two bovine slaughterhouses: analysis of cross-contamination. Anaerobe 2008; 14(3): 190-199

 

  1. S. Sathish and K Swaminathan. Genetic diversity among toxigenic clostridia isolated from soil, water, meat and associated polluted sites in South India. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology 2009; 27(4):311-20

 

  1. Balaji N, Nadarajah R, Sathish Sankar, Varadhan C, Hepatitis B Virus and Human immunodeficiency virus infections are a public health problem even in rural communities of Vellore district, Tamil Nadu, Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology 2009; 27(1): 80-81

 

  1. Nandagopal B, Sankar S, Karthikeyan L, Appu KC, Padmini B, Sridharan G, Gopinath AK. Prevalence of Salmonella typhi among patients with febrile illness in rural and peri-urban population of Vellore district as determined by a nested PCR targeting the flagellin gene. Molecular Diagnosis and Therapy 2010; 14(2):107-12

 

  1. Nandagopal B, Sankar S, Lingesan K, Appu KC, Sridharan G, Gopinathan AK. Evaluation of a nested PCR targeting IS6110 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis for detection of the organism in the leukocyte fraction of blood samples. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology 2010; 28(3): 227-32

 

  1. Balaji K, Sankar S, Nandagopal B. Low birth weight of newborns: magnitude of the problem seen in a 100 bed hospital of a rural area in Vellore District, Tamilnadu (India). Indian Journal of Community Medicine 2010; 35(2): 361-3

 

  1. Kannangai R, Abraham AM, Sankar S, Sridharan G. Nanotechnology tools for single-virus particle detection (Review). Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology 2010; 28(10): 95-9

 

  1. Sankar S, Balakrishnan B, Nandagopal B, Thangaraju K, Natarajan S. Comparative evaluation of a nested PCR and conventional smear technique for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum samples. Molecular Diagnosis and Therapy 2010; 14(4): 223-7

 

  1. Sankar S, Balakrishnan B, Nandagopal B, Thangaraju K, Natarajan S. Comparative evaluation of two PCRs targeting different genomic region to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology 2010; 28(4): 331-5

 

  1. Sankar S, Ramamurthy M, Nandagopal B, Sridharan G. An appraisal of the polymerase chain reaction based technology in the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Molecular Diagnosis and Therapy 2011; 14(6): 1-11

 

  1. Nandagopal B, Sankar S, Ramamurthy M, Sathish S, Sridharan G. Could the products of Indian medicinal plants be the next alternative for the treatment of infections? Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology 2011; 29(2): 93-101

 

  1. Sankar S, Kuppanan S, Balakrishnan B, Nandagopal B. Analysis of sequence diversity among IS6110 sequence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: possible implications for PCR based detection. Bioinformation 2011; 6(11): 1-3

 

  1. Sankar S, Ramamurthy M, Nandagopal B, Srikanth P, Venkatraman G, Sridharan G. Molecular and nanotechnological approach to etiological diagnosis of infectious syndromes. Molecular Diagnosis and Therapy 2011; 15(3): 145-158

 

  1. Nandagopal B, Sankar S, Lingesan K, Appu KC, Sridharan G, Gopinathan AK. Application of PCR to detect Burkholderia pseudomallei and Brucella species in buffy coat from patients with febrile illness among rural and peri-urban population. Journal of Global Infectious Diseases 2012; 4(1):34-40

 

  1. Sankar S, Narayanan H, Kuppanan S, Nandagopal B. Frequency of ESBL-producing Gram negative bacilli in a 200 bed multi-specialty hospital in Vellore district, Tamil Nadu, India - a prospective, cross-sectional study. Infection 2012; 40(4): 425-429

 

  1. Narayanan H, Sankar S, Simoes EAF, Nandagopal B, Sridharan G. Molecular detection of human metapneumovirus and human bocavirus on oropharyngeal swabs collected from young children with acute respiratory tract infection from rural and peri-urban communities of India (South). Molecular Diagnosis and Therapy 2013 17(2): 107-115

 

  1. Narayanan H, Sankar S, Simoes EAF, Nandagopal B, Sridharan G. Analysis of sequence diversity of Human metapneumovirus collected from young children with acute respiratory tract infections in India (South). Molecular Diagnosis and Therapy 2013 Aug; 17(4):247-55.

 

  1. Sankar S, Kuppanan S, Nandagopal B, Sridharan G. Diversity of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi strains collected from India using variable number tandem repeats - PCR analysis. Molecular Diagnosis and Therapy 2013 17(4):257-64

 

  1. Ramamurthy M, Srikanth P, Seshan V, Sarangan G, Sankar S, Nandagopal B, Sridharan G. Arboviruses of importance in India: Part I. Biological transmission characteristics, certain unique issues and clinical features. Sri Ramachandra Journal of Medicine 2013 Jan – June; 6(1): 22-30

 

  1. Ramamurthy M, Srikanth P, Seshan V, Sarangan G, Sankar S, Nandagopal B, Sridharan G. Arboviruses of importance in India: Part II. Epidemiology, Laboratory Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention and Control. Sri Ramachandra Journal of Medicine 2013 Jul – Dec 2013; 6(2): 6-16

 

  1. George EA, Sankar S, Jesudason MV, Sudandiradoss C, Nandagopal B. Incidence of extended spectrum β-lactamase producing Escherichia coli among patients, healthy individuals and environment. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology 2014 32(2): 172-174

 

  1. Sankar S, Vadivel K, Nandagopal B, Jesudason MV, Sridharan G. A multiplex nested PCR for the simultaneous detection of Salmonella typhi, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Burkholderia pseudomallei in patients with pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO) in Vellore, South India. Molecular Diagnosis and Therapy 2014 18(3): 315-321

 

  1. George EA, Sankar S, Jesudason MV, Sudandiradoss C, Nandagopal B. Molecular characterization of CTX-M type extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) producing E. coli isolated from humans and the environment". Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology 2015 33(5): 73-79

 

  1. Nandagopal B, Sankar S, Sagadevan K, Arumugam H, Jesudason MV, Aswathaman K, Nair A. Frequency of extended spectrum β-lactamase producing urinary isolates of Gram negative bacilli among patients seen in a multispecialty hospital in Vellore district, India. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology 2015 33(2): 282-5

 

  1. Sankar S, Upadhyay M, Ramamurthy M, Vadivel K, Sagadevan K, Nandagopal B, Vivekanandan P, Sridharan G. Novel insights on hantavirus evolution: the dichotomy in evolutionary pressures acting on different hantavirus segments. PLoS One 2015 10(7): e0133407

 

  1. Ramamurthy M, Sankar S, Arumugam I, Nandagopal B, Srikanth P, Sridharan G. Viral infections of the CNS: The unraveling of the Mystery. Sri Ramachandra Journal of Medicine 2016 9(1): 16-25

 

  1. Kalaiselvan S, Sankar S, Ramamurthy M, Ghosh AR, Nandagopal B, Sridharan G. Prediction of B cell epitopes among hantavirus strains causing Hemorragic Fever with Renal Syndrome. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 2017 118(5): 1182-1188

 

  1. Vadivel K, Ramamurthy M, Sankar S, Jain A, Vivekanandan P, Srikanth P, Nair S, Simoes AF, Sridharan G, Nandagopal B. Development and evaluation of an in-house IgM Indirect ELISA for the detection of Parvovirus B19 infections. Indian Journal of Medical Research 2017 146(3): 381-385

 

  1. Kalaiselvan S, Sankar S, Ramamurthy M, Ghosh AR, Nandagopal B, Sridharan G. Prediction of pan- specific B-cell epitopes from nucleocapsid protein of hantaviruses causing hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 2017 118(8): 2320-2324

 

  1. Das S, Samajpati S, Roy I, Sankar S, Gaind R, Deb M, Kulkarni R, Kumar Paul D, Dutta S. Molecular Subtyping of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis in India: Their Association with Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles. Jpn J Infect Dis. 2017 70: 536–543

 

  1. Sankar S, Ramamurthy M, Nandagopal B, Sridharan G. T-cell epitopes predicted from the Nucleocapsid protein of Sin Nombre virus restricted to 30 HLA alleles common to the North American population. Bioinformation 2017 13(3): 94-100.

 

  1. Ramamurthy M, Sankar S, Nandagopal B, Srikanth P, Barani R, Sridharan G. Neurological infections caused by Herpesviridae: Pathogenesis, current trends in laboratory diagnosis and treatment. Sri Ramachandra Journal of Medicine 2017 10(1): 9-25

 

  1. Sankar S, Ramamurthy M, Nandagopal B, Sridharan G. Short peptide epitope design from hantaviruses causing HFRS. Bioinformation 2017 13(7): 231–236.

 

  1. Ramamurthy M, Sankar S, Nandagopal B, Sridharan G, Risbud A. Viral diseases of public health importance in India: current priorities with special emphasis on prevention, Journal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University 2017 6(4): 1-11

 

  1. Sankar S, Ramamurthy M, Nandagopal B, Sridharan G. In silico validation of D7 salivary protein-derived B- and T-cell epitopes of Aedes aegypti as potential vaccine to prevent transmission of flaviviruses and togaviruses to humans. Bioinformation 2017 13(11): 366-375

 

  1. Ramamurthy M, Sankar S, Kannangai R, Nandagopal B, Sridharan G. Application of viromics: a new approach to the understanding of viral infections in humans. Virus Disease 2017 28(4): 349-359

 

  1. Sankar S, Borkakoti J, Ramamurthy M, Nandagopal B, Vivekanandan P, Sridharan G. The length of the 3' non-coding region of hantavirus genomes is a tell-tale pattern of diseases caused by hantaviruses in humans. Emerging Microbes and Infections 2018 7(1): 32

 

  1. Sarangan G, Nayar SA, Mani M, Sundarrajan S, Sankar S, Palani G, Selvaraj GF, Damodharan J, Muthumani K, Srikanth P. Genetic characterization of Chikungunya virus 2009 isolates from South India. Bioinformation 2018 14(3): 106-112

 

  1. Vadivel K, Ramamurthy M, Sankar S, Jain A, Vivekanandan P, Srikanth P, Nair S, Simoes AF, Sridharan G, Nandagopal B. Detection and genetic analysis of Parvovirus B19 in selected high-risk patient groups & their phylogenetic & selection analysis. Indian Journal of Medical Research 2018 147(4): 391-399

 

  1. Sankar S, Ramamurthy M, Suganya S, Nandagopal B, Sridharan G. Design of peptide epitope on neuraminidase protein of influenza A viruses (seasonal and pandemic) and influenza B towards short peptide vaccine development. Bioinformation 2018 14(5): 183-189

 

  1. Sankar S, Saravanan N, Rajendiran P, Ramamurthy M, Nandagopal B, Sridharan G. Identification of B- and T- cell epitopes on HtrA protein of Orientia tsutsugamushi. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 2018 120(4): 5869-5879.

 

  1. Ramamurthy M, Sankar S, Abraham AM, Nandagopal B, Sridharan G. Identification of B cell epitopes on neuraminidase (NA) protein of avian influenza strains for peptide based poultry vaccine development. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 2019 May 20. doi: 10.1002/jcb.29017.

 

  1. Sankar S, Saravanan N, Rajendiran P, Ramamurthy M, Jesudason MV, Varghese G, Idikula MJ, Mangalakumar RR, Nair A, Babujanarthanam R, Nandagopal B, Sridharan G. A novel multiplex realtime PCR for the detection of Salmonella Typhi, Salmonella Paratyphi A and Burkholderia pseudomallei on clinical samples. Asian Pacific Journal of Health Sciences 2019; 6(2):88-95

 

  1. Sankar S, Saravanan N, Rajendiran P, Ramamurthy M, Sasimohan A, Vineeta V, Varghese G, Idikula MJ, Mangalakumar RR, Jesudason MV, Nair A, Babujanarthanam R, Nandagopal B, Sridharan G. Detection of Scrub Typhus by real-time PCR and IgM ELISA among patients with acute febrile illness. Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine 2020 11(1):66.

 

  1. Sankar S, Saravanan N, Rajendiran P, Ramamurthy M, Jesudason MV, Varghese G, Idikula MJ, Mangalakumar RR, Nair A, Babujanarthanam R, Nandagopal B, Sridharan G. Development and evaluation of an in-house multiplex real-time PCR for simultaneous detection of pathogenic species of Brucella, Rickettsia and Leptospira in patients with acute febrile illness. Asian Pacific Journal of Health Sciences 2022 9(2):1-8

 

  1. Rajendiran P, Saravanan N, Ramamurthy M, Sankar S, Nandagopal B, Sridharan G. Seroprevalence of TORCH-S infections among pregnant woman: A study from Vellore District (South India). Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine 2021 12(2):170-174

 

  1. Sankar S, Saravanan N, Rajendiran P, Ramamurthy M, Abraham AM., Nair A, Nandagopal B. A case of acute febrile illness with multiple IgM positives: risk of dependence on IgM-based serological tests. Journal of International Medical Sciences Academy 2021 34(2): 127-129

Grants,Awards and Certifications

Grants :

  1. Principal Investigator: ICMR Project: Molecular detection and characterization of human metapneumovirus and bocavirus in rural and peri -urban communities of Vellore district, Tamilnadu Project duration: February 2010 to February 2012 Grant value: 14 Lakhs Rupees

I mentored and supervised a Ph.D. student registered under VIT University. He worked as SRF in this project.

 

  1. Principal Investigator: CSIR Project: Molecular epidemiology of Indian strains of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi: a phylogenetic approach by examining the molecular diversity of variable number tandem repeats (VNTR); Project duration: April 2011 to April 2013; Grant value: 15 Lakhs Rupees

 

  1. Principal Investigator: ICMR Project: Development and evaluation of multiplex PCR for the simultaneous detection of Salmonella typhi, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Burkholderia pseudomallei for application on clinical samples. Project duration: April 2011 to  April 2013; Grant  value:  18 Lakhs Rupees

 

  1. Co-Investigator: ICMR Project: A search for Parvovirus B19 disease using a polymerase chain reaction assay for viral DNA and IgM determination in certain high-risk clinical conditions among rural and peri-urban population of Vellore District in Tamil Nadu. Project duration: Sep 2012 to Jun 2015 Grant value: 16 Lakhs Rupees

 

  1. Principal Investigator: ICMR Project: Development of a novel two-tube multiplex realtime PCR assay to detect seven major PUO agents in children and adults. Project duration: Mar 2017 to Mar 2019 Grant value: 29 Lakhs Rupees

 

  1. Co-Investigator: ICMR Project: Molecular detection and genotypic characterization of hantavirus in acute febrile illness by using the Real time reverse transcription PCR assay and nucleotide sequencing. Project duration: Dec 2015 to Mar 2018; Grant value: 48 Lakhs Rupees

 

  1. Co-Investigator: ICMR Project: Establishment of molecular detection for TORCH-S infections by using a realtime PCR to diagnose among pregnant women and high risk babies from rural and periurban population of Vellore district Tamil Nadu. Grant value: 26 Lakhs Rupees

 

8. Co-Investigator: ICMR Project: Identification and Evaluation of the Immune Response (B and T Cells) to Peptide(s) Derived from TolC protein of Rickettsial Group (Rickettsiaceae) of Pathogens as a Novel Candidate Peptides Vaccine for Human Use, Project duration: Sep 2019 to Sep 2021; Grant value: 49 Lakhs Rupees

Awards & Prizes :

  1. Letter of appreciation for excellence in development of research activities at SNH&RC given by Director of Biomedical Research, SNHRC.
  2. Mentorship of Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) University, Vellore for guiding M. Phil. and Ph.D. students of School of Biosciences and Technology, VIT University, Vellore
  3. Membership of International Medical Sciences Academy – awarded in July 2014
  4. Diamond Award 2018 for outstanding performance and rendering exemplary services to the institution - awarded on 15 Aug 2018
  5. Fellowship of International Medical Sciences Academy – awarded in August 2019
  6. Bentham Science Ambassador for the year 2019 - 2020

Languages

Language Proficiency :

English (Excellent Spoken and Written) Tamil (Excellent Spoken and Written)

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