Teku Hospital

Teku Hospital is a hospital located in Nepal that provides medical services. Through subawards from Washington University, who is the prime grantee, Teku Hospital conducts research related to emerging viral infections. This includes identifying cases of fever of unknown origin and acute encephalitis syndrome, collecting clinical data and laboratory samples from consenting patients, conducting initial diagnostic assays, and sending samples to partner institutions for further pathogen identification. Teku Hospital has participated in this viral surveillance and discovery research through subawards funded by Washington University's prime awards from the National Institutes of Health. Specifically, Teku Hospital assists with the "Emerging Infections: Surveillance, Epidemiology and Pathogenesis" project by serving as a site for patient enrollment and sample collection in Nepal. Their tasks include obtaining informed consent, recording clinical metadata, temporarily storing and shipping samples to the Central Department of Biotechnology and Washington University, and helping analyze any novel viruses discovered. Through these subawards, Teku Hospital provides patient recruitment, clinical data collection, sample handling, and research coordination services in support of the prime grant's goals related to viral surveillance and discovery.