Every year from November to March, when the weather improves across most of India, and people begin to spill out of their homes, the mating season for dogs begins. At times, demands from States are delayed by many months making it difficult for us to cater to the demand on time,” a senior executive working closely with one of rabies …
Typically, the first step in making an inactivated vaccine is to grow the virus in cells. Bharat Biotech uses a chemical called beta-propiolactone, which jumbles the viral genome so that the virus cannot replicate anymore. For the rabies vaccine, the vaccine-maker can add the killed virus to a cell line, and check for rabies virus antigens using a method called …
