Kanpur: Central Drug Research Institute (CSIR-CDRI) scientists have claimed to have developed a medicine to treat dengue.
Produced from plants, the medicine, called AQCH, is anti-viral in nature. It was tested successfully in labs and on mice.
City's Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial (GSVM) Medical College, and the medical Colleges in Lucknow and Agra will conduct the trial of this drug.
A total of 100 patients at each centre will receive treatment with this new drug.
Patient should be at least 18 years of age to be eligible for trials, and infection should have been confirmed 48 hours before the testing.
The patient will be kept in hospital for eight days, during which he will be administered the drug for seven days, and will be kept under observation for a further 17 days.
Currently there is no specific medicine for the treatment of dengue and the patients are treated on the basis of symptoms.
