Nipah scare: RT-PCR tests conducted on bats at Kolkata's Alipore Zoo

Thailand’s Department of Medical Sciences says it is ready to conduct RT-PCR testing to detect Nipah virus, with results available within eight hours

In response to a potential Nipah virus threat, officials conducted RT-PCR testing on bats at Kolkata's Alipore Zoo. Teams collected samples across West Bengal, including Madhyamgram, Barasat, and Basirhat,

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The National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) has started conducting random RT-PCR (Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction) tests among the bats at the Zoological Garden at Alipore in south Kolkata.

Nipah is a zoonotic virus with a high mortality rate

A team from the National Institute of Medical Research collected blood and swab samples from bats at the zoo for over two days, Thursday and Friday, and left soon after completing the process

The RT-PCR test amplifies the virus’ genetic material (RNA) from throat swabs of the patients, converts it to DNA, amplifies it and checks it for designated markers to see whether it is the Sars-Cov-2 virus, which causes Covid-19. A start-up from Indian ...

Early in the pandemic, when someone walked into a clinic with a possible case of COVID-19, a nurse or doctor would stick a long swab up their nose to take a sample. They would then ship it to a clinical reference lab, where technicians would extract ...

Kolkata's Alipore Zoo bats undergo RT-PCR tests amid Nipah virus concerns, as health authorities enhance surveillance across West Bengal.