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Chikungunya Vaccine
June 25 , 2019
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- The Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) has successfully developed antibodies against the Chikungunya viral infection.
- Chikungunya is a viral disease which is transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes, most commonly, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus.
- The name chikungunya originates from a verb in the Kimakonde language spoken in Tanzania.
- It means 'to become twisted'.
ILS
- ILS was formed in 1989 at Odisha.
- It is an autonomous institute of higher education for research and education in life sciences under Department of biotechnology.
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