Monkeypox In India: Diagnostic Kits To Be Developed

  • 28-Jul-2022
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ICMR Isolates Virus; Centre Calls For Vaccine

New Delhi: India is on high alert after the country reported four confirmed cases of monkeypox. So far, three monkeypox cases have been reported from Kerala and one from Delhi. The Centre has issued guidelines to fight the monkeypox virus and assured that it is keeping a close watch on the disease. 

In an attempt to tackle the disease, the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune under ICMR has isolated monkeypox virus from the clinical specimen of a patient. This can help pave the way for development of diagnostic kits and vaccines against the monkeypox.

Eye on monkeypox vaccine

With India isolating the virus, the Indian Council of Medical Research also invited expression of interest (EOI) from experienced vaccine manufacturers, pharma companies, research and development institutions and in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) kit manufacturers for joint collaboration in development of vaccine candidate against monkeypox and diagnostic kits for the infection.

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