Experts at BJMC and SGH are sequencing Chikungunya virus to investigate mutations linked to severe cases and outbreaks in Pune. In February this year, experts from B J Medical College (BJMC) and ...

Kei Sato was looking for his next big challenge five years ago when it smacked him — and the world — in the face. The ...

In February this year, experts from B J Medical College (BJMC) and Sassoon General Hospital (SGH) started whole genome sequencing of the Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) in an effort to rule out ...

To further understand the virus, the icddr,b scientists carried out whole genome sequencing of samples ... they resemble those of dengue and chikungunya, leading to misdiagnosis.

Five years after the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic, there has been progress — and backsliding in the ...

The study, based on samples screened in 2023 and released today, used whole genome ... chikungunya and Zika are also becoming major public health concerns. Although the first human case of Zika ...

"My primer can pick up dengue, plus chikungunya, plus Zika, plus Japanese encephalitis," he says – and several other diseases. What's more, this lab can give the genetic code of the virus while ...

"My primer can pick up dengue, plus chikungunya, plus Zika, plus Japanese encephalitis," he says – and several other diseases. What's more, this lab can give the genetic code of the virus while ...