Five-member Central team sent to Jaipur to probe this year's first Zika virus case: Health ministry

"There is complete preparedness as in keeping with national suggestions and response plan," extraordinarily located NIV officers advised The Indian Express. Rajasthan health government had issued an alert after an 85-yr-vintage lady tested fantastic for Zika virus infection in Jaipur. NIV confirmed the presence of Zika virus in the serum samples despatched to them. " We have despatched our specialists with the Centre's crew to Jaipur to research the case," NIV officials stated. Last yr, four Zika virus cases - three from Gujarat and one from Chennai - were reported. Since 2013, with the primary suggested Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak within the Marquesas Islands and its next unfold to Brazil in May 2015, fitness organizations in India have been on alert and saved an eye at the Zika infections in India. The three cases identified in Gujarat and one in Chennai did not reveal any journey history to ZIKV-endemic area, suggesting that the ZIKV isn't always a current creation into the u . S ., NIV officials had said in their take a look at posted in Intervirology earlier this yr. The study had shown that the Indian Aedes aegypti mosquito species that transmits dengue and chikungunya viruses is without difficulty susceptible to the Zika virus. The Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme officers in Maharashtra stated that that they had stepped up surveillance and as in line with recommendations, measures are taken at airports and ports. State Surveillance officer Dr Pradeep Awate told The Indian Express that there have been no Zika virus instances inside the kingdom. "We have taken more precautionary measures. So some distance, there aren't any instances," Dr Awate said. Dailyhunt http://www.feedbooks.com/user/4652395/profile

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