The zika strain of Ahmedabad is different from that of Rajasthan: NIV | Ahmedabad News

AHMEDABAD: The National Institute of Virology (NIV) informed the Government of Gujarat that the viral strain ZikV found in the Amraiwadi case in Ahmedabad had no resemblance to the viral strains of Central and South America. But claimed that the Jaipur epidemic since September 22 in neighboring Rajasthan involved viral strains that resembled strains in South America and Central America.

Health Commissioner Jayanti Ravi confirmed this information on the viral strain. "VIN will take some time to identify the strain of Ahmedabad," she said.

This poses a huge challenge as Rajasthan and Gujarat share porous borders. Health officials in Gujarat think that this could even lead to a mix of these viruses during subsequent epidemics. Last year, scientists from the New Delhi Health Research Department, the NIV and the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital had identified the Ahmedabad ZiKV viral strain in blood samples. a woman in November 2016, under the name NIV1720741 / 1845ZKV, which was a separate sub-unit. lineage of the Asian genotype. The woman also had no clbadic symptoms of zika, such as rash, myalgia, arthralgia, conjunctivitis, headache, retro-orbital pain or bleeding.

"The partial E gene of the Indian strain ZikV and African strains (1947-2001) differed by 11.2%, while the Malaysian strain of 1966 differed by 10.7% from African strains," the source said. report. "Microcephaly is not the only condition, but cases of zikV causing Gullian Bar Syndrome (GBS) have been reported, but they are rare," said Ravi.