A report issued by National Institute of Virology's (NIV) experts — who are attempting to contain hepatitis-B in Modasa — says that the virus may be a mutant strain.

The virus had initially been identified as hepatitis-B. Giving details of the NIV report, state health minister Jay Narayan Vyas said, “The doctors from the Pune-based institute say that preliminary reports of the samples indicate a mutant hepatitis-B virus. Further, they have ruled out infections being caused by the hepatitis-E virus.”

According to Dr Geeta Dev, a Delhi-based pathologist, “The way the virus has spread and the high mortality are not typical of hepatitis-B.”

Urvashi Dev Rawal/ DNA-Daily News & Analysis Source: 3D Syndication