India's ICMR is expanding its surveillance infrastructure across 165 laboratories to track infectious diseases including hantavirus, meningitis, and antimicrobial resistance. The network aims to deploy multiplex testing that can detect multiple pathogens in a single test, accelerating diagnosis and treatment while monitoring alarming trends in antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
·ICMR deployed 165-lab viral shield network to monitor hantavirus spread across the country
·Sentinel surveillance for meningitis identifies facilitators and operational challenges in multi-site coordination
·Single multiplex test in development to detect multiple diseases simultaneously, reducing diagnostic delays
·Eighth AMR surveillance report documents rapidly rising antibiotic resistance across bacterial species
·Post-COVID antimicrobial susceptibility data reveals changing resistance patterns in typhoid pathogens
drawn from Frontiers, NDTV, The Times of India, Pharmabiz.com · updated 53d ago