April 3, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

April 3, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

Diagnostic test

Communicable diseaseDiagnostic testDiagnosticsPublic HealthZika

Eight years on, NIV Pune still relies on U.S. CDC for Zika test kits

The Institute of Advanced Virology, Thiruvananthapuram, has developed an assay for Zika testing using the sequence data made available by

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Communicable diseaseDiagnostic testHealthPublic HealthTestingTuberculosisTuberculosis (TB)

In TB detection, smear microscopy’s share still holds sway

According to the WHO Global TB report 2022, over 40% of people with TB across the world were not diagnosed in 2021. In India, a large number of people with TB were not diagnosed even prior to the pandemic

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