New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- A national team comprising experts from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has been deputed to Gujarat to investigate and strengthen the response to Chandipura virus disease.

Speaking to ANI, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director General Dr. Rajiv Bahl said that the team is working with state authorities and other experts to understand the disease, control its spread and explore treatment approaches.

"Chandipura virus outbreak occurred several times before, but the latest one was about two years ago. There is also one that is going on now. There is a Special Task Force there working in Gujarat," Bahl said.

He said that ICMR teams had already been working in Gujarat for the past two years to...