The monoclonal antibody, an experimental therapeutic, was imported for the treatment of infected patients on compassionate grounds during the 2018 Nipah outbreak in Kozhikode | Latest News India
Feared as a potential cause of another pandemic, Nipah has no treatments or vaccines, and the virus kills as many as three out of every four people it infects.
The need for such a mobile laboratory was felt during the 2018 Nipah outbreak in Kerala during which samples had to be continuously flown to National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune for confirmation.
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