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Neetu Chandra | Mail Today | New Delhi, October 5, 2012 | UPDATED 09:44 IST
Chikungunya virus is mutating into deadly strain in Capital, warn scientists
...The dire warning comes from a group of scientists and doctors from the city-based International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College, Safdarjung Hospital and International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology.
The scientists and doctors studied the chikungunya virus in Delhi for a year.
"There is emergence of a distinct molecular signature within the virus strains... leading to appearance of new subgroups and suggests a dynamic evolution of the virus, which may change the infection's intensity and clinical symptoms," one of the researchers said.
"Delhi's samples showed a different signature from those seen in the reference strains and other strains from India reported since 1963 and the latest documented epidemic from 2005 onwards. Understanding the consequences of such changes in viral genomes is vital to prepare for any public health disaster," she said...
Neetu Chandra | Mail Today | New Delhi, October 5, 2012 | UPDATED 09:44 IST
Chikungunya virus is mutating into deadly strain in Capital, warn scientists
...The dire warning comes from a group of scientists and doctors from the city-based International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College, Safdarjung Hospital and International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology.
The scientists and doctors studied the chikungunya virus in Delhi for a year.
"There is emergence of a distinct molecular signature within the virus strains... leading to appearance of new subgroups and suggests a dynamic evolution of the virus, which may change the infection's intensity and clinical symptoms," one of the researchers said.
"Delhi's samples showed a different signature from those seen in the reference strains and other strains from India reported since 1963 and the latest documented epidemic from 2005 onwards. Understanding the consequences of such changes in viral genomes is vital to prepare for any public health disaster," she said...