Pune: Fever patients who test negatively for dengue fever and chikungunya will be tested for Zika virus infection in Maharashtra to take cases by expanding the scope of laboratory diagnosis throughout the state.
The 57 network of laboratories have been prepared for detection of Zika virus throughout the country.
From them, six laboratories were in Maharashtra, including Indira Gandhi Government Government Medical College, Nagpur, Kasbba Hospital, Mumbai, and Haffkine Institute for training, research testing, Mumbai.
Three more centiel designated the government will be activated for detection Zika Vuris.
“In addition to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune, the Apex Lab for Detection of the Zika virus, six other labs in Maharashtra will begin to test each sample of the dengue / chikungunya negative for viruses.
This laboratory is equipped to function as a testing center of Zika in addition to routine diagnostic jobs They are in transmitted diseases through vectors, “Statial Surveillance Officers Pradip Awate to Ti.
For this, this lab will be supplied with the testing kit needed to test the RT-PCR through NIV in one or two days, said Awat.
Mosquitoes that transmit the Zika – Aedes Aegypti virus – also transmit the dengue virus and chikungunya, widely prevalent in the state.
The Indian Council of Delhi’s medical research center based in Delhi controlled and NIV-based Pune is a peak laboratory to support an outbreak investigation and to confirm the diagnosis of the Zika Virus Laboratory in India.
The RT-PCR test is a standard test for Zika detection.
There are no commercially available tests.
Zika virus infection must be suspected of patients who report acute fever, rashes and joint pain, among individuals who travel to regions with continuous transmission for two weeks before the disease.
“During 2017, ICMR has strengthened diagnostic preparedness throughout the country to Zika in the 57 laboratories appointed by the government.
They can do a test,” said Senior Scientist NIV Pragya Yadav, one of the main researchers for the Zika virus in India.