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The Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) has found the presence of reovirus for the first time in Bangladesh.

The virus was found in the samples of five individuals, and none of them experienced significant health complications. All five have recovered and returned home after treatment, according to the IEDCR.

IEDCR Director Professor Tahmina Shirin told The Daily Star that the institute recently tested samples from 48 individuals showing symptoms similar to the Nipah virus. Among them, the reovirus was found in the five persons.

They took the sampling as part of IEDCR’s routine research on new pathogens in collaboration

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