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Zika virus-Rajasthan case
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- According to a new study published in the journal Infection, Genetics and Evolution, the Zika virus that infected 159 people in an outbreak in Rajasthan last year, could have been circulating in India for several years and is endemic to Asia.
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- The study, led by authors from Pune’s National Institute of Virology (NIV), an institute under the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), is the first to sequence full Zika virus genomes from India.
- This publication contradicts the ICMR's previous statements and indicates that the Rajasthan Zika strain is not closely related to the Brazilian one.
Source
The Hindu