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Big boost in detecting Zika virus in Kenya

Consultant pathologists and CEO of Pathologists Lancet laboratories Dr Ahmed Kalebi

NAIROBI: Kenya's capacity to detect the dreaded Zika virus has received a big boost as jitters over the diseases spreads across the globe. 

Pathologists Lancet laboratories has become the second facility in the country able to carry out the advanced Zika virus tests after the Kenya Medical Research Institute, which is a government facility.

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