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ICMR -CNMC STS Excellence Award for Amrita MBBS Student

October 21, 2019 - 2:13
ICMR -CNMC STS Excellence Award for Amrita MBBS Student

Dr. Cinzia S. Keechilot, 2012 MBBS student, received the ICMR, Calcutta National Medical College (CNMC) Short Term Studentship (STS) Excellence Award 2017, from Dr. Harsh Vardhan (Hon’ble Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India) at ICMR Awards Ceremony at the ICMR HQ, New Delhi, on October 16, 2019.

Her study “Detection of Occult Hepatitis B and Window Period Infection among Blood Donors by Individual Donation Nucleic Acid Testing in a Tertiary Care Center in South India” is the first study from Kerala to document occult hepatitis B in blood donors.

Dr. Cinzia tried to investigate occult hepatitis B and window period infection among blood donors by individual donation nucliec acid testing. The overall incidence of occult hepatitis B and window period infections was found to be low at 1 in 6503 and 1 in 24214 donations, respectively.

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