Andhra Pradesh-based MedTech Zone (AMTZ) has launched India’s first indigenously developed ‘ErbaMDx MonkeyPox RT-PCR Kit’.
It was developed in partnership with Transasia Diagnostics Private Limited.
This kit has received validation from the Indian Council for Medical Research and received emergency authorization from Central Drugs Standard Control Organization.
The Transasia-Erba monkeypox RT-PCR kit is very sensitive.
This kit would help in early detection and better management of the infection.
Monkeypox (MPX) is a viral zoonotic disease whose symptoms are similar to smallpox.
This disease is called monkeypox as it was first found in colonies of monkeys in 1958 and was later found in humans in 1970.
The disease can transfer from animal to human through direct contact with the blood, bodily fluids, or cutaneous or mucosal lesions of infected animals.
