A major outbreak of dengue fever in India in 2013 resulted in a flood of patients at hospitals and clinics across the country. As their numbers soared, test kits for quickly identifying dengue so as to begin treatment early went out of stock.
The test kits were imported and though an order had been placed with a South Korean firm to replenish them, the consignment was sent to Africa instead by mistake!
Attention then shifted to a test invented by Indian scientists. It had for long been overlooked in favour of the imported tests which were widely used and dominated. . .
