ICMR nod to conduct Truenat test to detect Nipah

Source: The post is based on the article “ICMR nod to conduct Truenat test to detect Nipah”  published in The Hindu on 21st September 2023

What is the News?

Kerala has been given permission by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) to use Truenat test to diagnose Nipah. 

What is the Truenat Test?

Truenat is a chip-based, point-of-care, rapid molecular test for diagnosis of various diseases. 

It is a portable, chip-based and battery-operated machine developed by Goa-based Molbio Diagnostics Private Limited.

Truenat tests use real-time micro polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology.

This test has been approved by WHO and ICMR for TB diagnosis, Covid and other diseases.

Significance: Traditional RT-PCR tests can take up to eight hours to complete. 

– The TrueNat tests used the same scientific principle used in RT-PCR tests, but the results can be achieved in half an hour.