Saakshi Bangera, DY Patil School of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Maharashtra’s first case of Zika virus has reported on Friday in a 50-year-old woman residing in the Purandar area of Pune. The health officials have confirmed that the woman has recovered, and at present, she and her family show no symptoms of the virus. The health […]
Vaishnavi Kardale, Bioinformatics Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University According to WHO, 390 million dengue infections are registered in the world every year. Dengue virus (DENV) spreads through a mosquito vector Aedes aegypti. This mosquito is restricted to regions with high human settlements, where it breeds in man-made containers inside and outside housings. The increase in […]
Mustafa Vora, DY Patil University Navi Mumbai Malaria and the global problem it causes: Malaria is one of the most infectious diseases that are a threat to the human race. The mode of transmission is from mosquito to humans by a parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. The infection is caused because the sporozoite enters the bloodstream of […]
Sribas Chowdhury, Adamas University, Kolkata Malaria is not something unknown to us. Occurring when an infected female Anopheles mosquito bites a person, it accounts for over 400,000 deaths every year. The onset occurs when the parasite Plasmodium enters the human bloodstream and infects the liver cells and finally, the red blood cells. While vaccines are […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata World Malaria Day (WMD) is celebrated every year on the 25th of April and it is a global effort to control the spread of Malaria. This day began to be officially observed in the year 2007 by the 60th session of the World Health Assembly, which serves as the WHO’s […]
Prama Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata The Zika virus epidemic was a public health emergency, causing birth defects for pregnant women in addition to neurological problems. The virus gets transmitted to humans from female mosquito bites. Researchers have tried several techniques to eliminate the spread of the virus, one of which is the use of genetically […]
Aishila Kar, Amity University Kolkata Malaria is the deadliest vector-borne disease worldwide with an average of 228 million cases, and 405,000 deaths in 2018, mainly in the African Region (93%), and the South-East Asia Region (3.4%). In Laos, the malaria burden remains despite a significant reduction of cases during the last decade. In the condition […]
