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Chaitra Shankar

Christian Medical College, VelloreORCID 0000-0001-8903-4810Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:human· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Research Focus:variant calling· 1

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GenomicsbioRxivPreprintAug 18, 2025

Tracking blaKPC Plasmid Dissemination within and between Enterobacterales across Michigan Over a Decade

Chaitra Shankar, Dhatri Badri Narayanan, Ashley Miihlbach…·Evan S. Snitkin

This study tracks blaKPC plasmid dissemination across Enterobacterales in Michigan over a decade, revealing clonal spread and plasmid transfer as key drivers of antimicrobial resistance.

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GenomicsbioRxivPreprintDec 11, 2020

Mosaic antimicrobial resistance/virulence plasmid in hypervirulent ST2096 Klebsiella pneumoniae in India: The rise of a new superbug?

Chaitra Shankar, Karthick Vasudevan, Jobin John Jacob…·Balaji Veeraraghavan

The paper characterizes nine novel multidrug-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in India, which harbor mosaic plasmids containing both antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes.

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