Tag: Virus
Nipah virus in Kerala: Multi-disciplinary central team to investigate the outbreak
The union health minister, Mr J P Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare has assured full support to the Kerala government on the sudden outbreak of deadly Nipah virus in the parts of the state............
Metropolis Healthcare & NACO come together under PPP for HIV Viral...
Through this game-changing initiative by the government, NACO and Metropolis will together impact lives of lakhs of patients. All tests to be conducted at the Metropolis Global Reference Laboratory located in Kurla, Mumbai and other Metropolis Labs............
Decoding genome of HIV variant found in India
A team of scientists from India, UK and Spain have isolated near full genomes of HIV virus from a subset of South Indian patients - a subtype known as HIV clade C.............
Indian Immunologicals launches India’s 1st intranasal vaccine for parvo virus in...
India’s first “nasal vaccine against dreaded Parvo virus” for Dogs- Branded as MEGAVAC-P NASAL the vaccine will protect pups as young as 4-6 weeks old. MEGAVAC-P NASAL is an intranasal vaccine..............
Sanofi’s dengue vaccine might not work equally in all cases, reveals...
New analysis of long-term Dengvaxia data found differences in vaccine performance based on prior dengue infection. Company will ask regulators to update product label to reflect new information..........
Sun Pharma partners with NIV to test phytopharma drugs for Zika,...
The phytopharmaceuticals are being developed for treating individuals infected with Zika virus and possibly for curing Zika disease......
Bharat Biotech’s Chikunguniya vaccine enters Phase-1 clinical trials
The placebo-controlled study of the vaccine involves 60 healthy volunteers, mentioned the statement from the company.......
Zika virus alert in India, WHO confirms cases reported first during...
Contrary to the perception that latest Zika attacks were first of its kind in India, the dreaded virus had reached here in 2016 itself and has been only officially confirmed by the World Health Organization now.........
Rapid test developed to detect aquaculture virus
Developed by scientists at the Vellore Institute of Technology University in Tamil Nadu, the virus detection test can easily identify the affected shrimp without taking much time or money.....
World’s first-ever dengue vaccine gets green signal from WHO
Dengvaxia is the first ever vaccine against dengue that is counted among the most complex viruses. After the go-ahead from World Health Organization, it is now for the affected countries to take a call on its implementation........