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New variant of chickenpox-causing virus found first time in India
13/09/2023 10:50 PM | Click to read full article
The National Institute of Virology (NIV), an Indian virology research institute, said it encountered clade 9 variants of chickenpox-causing varicella-zoster virus (VZV) while conducting surveillance for mpox (monkeypox) cases. It said that out of 331 suspected cases of mpox, 28 cases were found positive for VZV. Clade 9 is the most common strain of chickenpox-causing virus in countries such as Germany, the UK and the US. It is the first time that Clade 9 has been detected in India.
