The National Institute of Virology's unit in Kerala has detected and confirmed through full genome sequencing the evidence of a new strain of West Nile Virus (WNV) and its association with human cases in India.
The virus, transmitted to people through the bites of infected mosquitoes, can cause a fatal neurological disease in humans.
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