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Indigenous rapid detection kit ready to detect Nipah virus with 100% accur
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
According to Dr Naveen Kumar, Director, ICMR-NIV, Pune, "Based on amplification of viral gene without the need for a specialised machine at the field level. It's 100% sensitive and specific."
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Indian scientists are developing vaccine, antivirals for Chandipura virus:
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Indian scientists are developing vaccines and antivirals for Chandipura virus, which causes encephalitis, according to Dr Naveen Kumar, ICMR-NIV Pune Director.
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COVID-19 has never been zero but surveillance and testing scaled up: ICMR
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
COVID-19 cases in India are declining after a recent peak, with the Nimbus variant from Singapore detected. ICMR-NIV reports mild symptoms from Omicron sub-variants. The government focuses on surveillance, transmission, and vaccine preparedness.
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NAKSHATRA to boost viral genomic surveillance and preparedness for future
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The NAKSHATRA state-of-the-art initiative aims to revolutionise how genomic and bioinformatics data are processed, addressing limitations faced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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ICMR-NIV Pune inaugurates High Performance Computing facility to boost gen
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"Developed under the Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM ABHIM), the HPC facility forms the cornerstone of a new project titled "High Performance Computing Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Hub". The initiative aims to revolutionize how genomic and bioinformati
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CISF takes over security of Indian Council of Medial Research, National In
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has taken over the security of Indian Council of Medial Research, National Institute of Virology ICMR-NIV, Pune in Maharashtra.
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Nipah virus: One more case confirmed in Kerala; Total tally 6, active case
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
With this the total tally of Nipah virus infections from the virus in Kerala has been recorded at six, including two deaths.
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MoS Bharati Pravin Pawar visits ICMR-NIV institute, reviews steps taken fo
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar reviewed steps taken for containment of Nipah virus outbreak in Kozhikode, Kerala, from the Indian Council of Medical Research – National Institute of Virology (ICMR-NIV), in Pune on Thursday
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Govt to start network of regional BSL-3 labs to brace for future pandemics
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): The government of India is working towards developing four virology regional biosafety labs BSL-3, and ICMR-NIV Pune will be steering the project and research work. These labs will work as regional labs and ICMR-NIV Pune will look after their researc
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Pune: ICMR-NIV reveals Monkeypox virus strain A.2 in two UAE-returned trav
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], August 7 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology on Friday analysed two monkeypox cases of travellers who had returned from the UAE.
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ICMR NIV Pune, VRDLs conduct approx 100 sample tests for Monkeypox
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): A day after a 35-year-old man of African origin with no recent history of foreign travel tested positive for Monkeypox in Delhi thereby taking the total count to 8 in the country, a top scientist has said that Indian Council of Medical Research's (ICMR) Vir
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Five-year-old girl in UP's Ghaziabad with suspected Monkeypox infection te
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): A five-year-old girl from Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, who was suspected to have Monkeypox infection, has tested negative.
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