Sunit Kumar Singh

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Indian Molecular Virologist

Sunit Kumar Singh
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Singh in November 2022
Academic background
Alma mater University of Wuerzburg, Germany

Sunit K. Singh, received many awards and fellowships for his contribution in the area of virology. Prof. Singh has been quite active in disseminating the right information to the society during various virus outbreaks such as: SARS-CoV2 and Monkeypox outbreaks as a part of his public outreach activity. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

Publications

Sunit K. Singh contributed to the area of neurovirology and inflammation biology. Prof. Singh has published his research findings in various international peer reviewed journals in the area of Molecular Virology. In addition to his original research publications in high impact factor peer reviewed journals, Prof. Singh has published many books in the area of Infectious Diseases such as: Neuroviral Infections-Vol-I and Vol-II, [36] Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers, [37] Human Respiratory Viral Infections [38] by CRC Press/ Taylor & Francis group, USA, Neglected Tropical Diseases-South Asia, [39] Defense Against Biological Attacks- Vol-I and Vol-II [40] by Springer, USA;Viral Infections and Global Change, [41] Human Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases- Vol-I and Vol-II [42] by Wiley Blackwell Publications, USA. Prof. Singh has been associated with many reputed peer reviewed International journals as Deputy Editor, Section Editor and Editorial Board Member. Prof. Singh contributed immensely in understanding the molecular pathogenesis of different neurotropic viruses. [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51]

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  40. ↑ Singh, Sunit K.; Kuhn, Jens H., eds. (2019). Defense Against Biological Attacks. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-03053-7. ISBN   978-3-030-03052-0. S2CID   88480831.
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