Clade 9, a new variant of chickenpox, has been detected in India.
The National Institute of Virology (NIV) has discovered the new variant, causing varicella-zoster virus (VZV).
Scientists have detected Clade 9 for the first time in the country while carrying out a study of monkeypox.
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