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Indigenous Vaccine Breakthrough for KFD

9 March 2026

1.      Indigenous Vaccine Breakthrough for KFD

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has achieved significant progress in developing an improved indigenous vaccine for Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), also known as “Monkey Fever,” with Phase-I human clinical trials recently initiated under the Ministry of Health. The vaccine has been jointly developed by National Institute of Virology (NIV) and Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL). It is an inactivated and adjuvant

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