All the private hospitals/clinics and private laboratories under Dimapur district have been informed to send blood samples of suspected dengue and Japanese Encephalitis (JE) to the Sentinel Surveillance Site at District Hospital Dimapur for confirmation through ELISA test.
In a joint press release, chief medical officer (CMO) Dimapur, Dr. K. Vikato Kinimi, and National Vector Borne Disease Control Program Dimapur district program officer (DPO), Dr. Imtiwopung, informed that card test results for Dengue and JE cases should not be considered as confirmed cases without the ELISA Test.
The public have also been requested to insist on ELISA Test at Sentinel Surveillance Site at District Hospital Dimapur for confirmation of Dengue and JE cases..