India disputed the claim made in a
US study that the swine flu virus may have acquired mutations and said that the
strain mentioned in it has "no relevance" to the 2015 outbreak.
National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune, which is under the government`s
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), said that the strain analyzed in the
publication and the data of the original H1N1 virus available with it "did
not show any of these mutations”. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
had released a study which said that the swine flu virus may have acquired
mutations that make it "more severe and infectious" than previously
circulating H1N1 strains.
India disputed the claim made in a
US study that the swine flu virus may have acquired mutations and said that the
strain mentioned in it has "no relevance" to the 2015 outbreak.
National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune, which is under the government`s
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), said that the strain analyzed in the
publication and the data of the original H1N1 virus available with it "did
not show any of these mutations”. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
had released a study which said that the swine flu virus may have acquired
mutations that make it "more severe and infectious" than previously
circulating H1N1 strains.