This is in addition to leveraging the tuberculosis-testing network in the country.
Several other point-of-care testing kits are in the process of being made.
The recently formed "Central Task Force on Monkeypox" too has stressed developing diagnostics and vaccines for this contagious disease.
Globally almost 98 per cent of the monkeypox cases have been detected among gay or bisexual men though it is not classified as a sexually transmitted disease. Point-of-care testing, screening and a wide network of testing in the hinterland are likely to help arrest the spread of the disease.
Goa-based molecular diagnostics company Molbio Diagnostics has developed a test kit using its Truenat platform. Molbio founder, director, and Chief Executive Officer Sriram Natarajan said the test would be able to leverage the Truenat machines, which are already deployed.
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5,000 Truenat machines deployed all over India
Molbio has developed monkeypox test on the Truenat platform
Truenat is the only point of care test used by WHO to test for TB
Genes2Me has developed a quick detection RT-PCR for monkeypox
Genes 2 Me test can act as a screening test at airports, hospitals, etc
Trivitron Healthcare has also developed a monkeypox RT-PCR test kit
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