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Kerala reports 5 new Zika virus cases, 7 active cases in state

Total number of Zika virus cases in Kerala now stands at 61, informed state's Health Minister Veena George

1 min read29 Jul 2021
News

Zika virus in Kerala: Top health expert warns against 'creating a scare'

Dr Mathew Varghese, public health expert in Kerala, stated that zika virus does not transmit through contact or droplets. He also urged people not to create a scare

1 min read10 Jul 2021
News

Zika virus in Kerala: Centre dispatches six-member team to monitor status

The total number of patients infected by the zika virus in Kerala has reached 14Of the 19 samples sent to NIV, 13 came back positive on Friday

1 min read9 Jul 2021
Science

ICMR begins research on Zika virus

ICMR to roll out the study in Rajasthan and BhopalThe Zika virus strain isolated from Rajasthan matches with the Brazilian Zika strain associated with outbreaks, and microcephaly or CZS

2 min read1 Apr 2019
Science

Zika Virus strain that causes microcephaly not found in Rajasthan- health ministry

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-National Institute of Virology (NIV) Pune engaged in the research on Zika, sequenced 5 Zika virus strains collected at different time points of the Jaipur outbreak

2 min read4 Nov 2018
Science

Zika virus may be present in other parts of India too: study

Scientists indicated that Zika virus may be circulating in south India and be a causative factor for GBS

2 min read18 Oct 2018
Politics

Number of Zika cases rises to 80 in Jaipur

A control room has been set up at the National Centre for Disease Control for regular monitoring

2 min read17 Oct 2018
Politics

Rajasthan reports Zika cases, neighbouring states put on high alert

Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat have been put on high alert over Zika virus

1 min read9 Oct 2018
Ai

Artificial Intelligence system may help diagnose Zika

A platform developed by scientists at University of Campinas in Brazil can identify tens of thousands of molecules present in blood serum, with an AI algorithm

2 min read18 Jun 2018
Science

Nod to Indian firm to conduct phase-I clinical trial on Zika vaccine

Union minister of state for health and family welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey said an Indian firm had submitted an application to the drugs controller which has been accepted

1 min read18 Dec 2017
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