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Chickenpox is an infectious disease caused by the virus Varicella Zoster.
Exposure to sunlight can cause skin diseases as the ultraviolet rays can trigger itchiness and dryness of the skin.
The mobile lab will help quicken the diagnosis as the result can be finalised in the lab itself
In Kerala, facilities to conduct the tests to confirm the disease are currently available only at the National Institute of Virology in Alappuzha.
The platform is validated and recommended by the ICMR and has been adopted by the Indian National Tuberculosis Elimination Program.
This viral disease mostly affects children under the age of five.
Health Minister Veena George said that the situation was under control.
The health minister said intense preventive measures should be launched in areas and hospitals where the chances of Zika infection is high.
The onset of monsoon is likely to fester a plenitude of diseases in Kerala including dengue, malaria, and leptospirosis, or rat fever.
The lab technician M V Sajeevan who belongs to Velliparamba, is also in charge of the malaria laboratory of seven districts.