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District health officer Dr B Basavaraj told TOI, "We have received reports on the blood samples sent to Manipal Centre for Virus Research . "District vector-borne diseases control officer Dr S Chidambara said that the decision to send the blood samples to Pune had been taken in accordance with directions from the state government. For further investigation, samples will be sent to Pune. The move by the health department comes against the backdrop of increasing complaints of dengue and other vector-borne diseases in the city.The blood samples in question will be collected from hospitals across the city, and sent to Pune next week. "But we want to run another test exclusively on those samples that tested negative for dengue..