India, Feb. 7 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), under the Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, is steadily progressing towards the development of an improved vaccine against Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD). Kyasanur Forest Disease is an important regional infectious disease in the Western Ghats region, in states like Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa, and Maharashtra.
On request of the government of the state of Karnataka, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) embarked on the development of KFD vaccine. Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL) and ICMR-National Institute of Virology (NIV) are working collaboratively to develop...