Aayushi Gaur, U. I. E. T., Kurukshetra University Doctors battled to keep patients breathing in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing mostly on treating lung and circulatory system damage. However, evidence of neurological consequences was already collecting at the time. Some COVID-19 patients were suffering from delirium, which manifested as confusion, disorientation, and […]
Souhrid Sarkar, Amity University Kolkata What is COVID-19? Coronaviruses are a family of viruses that may cause mild to severe respiratory disorders including death. The term ‘Corona’ means crown-like spikes on the surface of the virus. Some of the examples of coronavirus are Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), and […]
Souradip Mallick, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela Airborne pathogens are infectious diseases highly transmissible between humans. Many pandemic diseases have been associated with airborne pathogen transmission.Severe acute respiratory syndrome(SARS) in 2003, influenza A(H1N1) virus in 2009, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus(MERS-CoV) in 2012 are infectious viruses transmitted through aerosol. A disposable kit was developed for […]
–Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata With the recent outbreak of the coronavirus and the rapid spread of the infection, the importance of quicker and more accurate tests are in demand. These tests should not just include the diagnosis of the coronavirus disease but also the identification of different strains of the virus for its detailed […]
–Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Due to concerns over India’s Covid-19 sharp ascend, the critical issue of antibodies poses a struggle for the scientists as they try to understand its impact on the disease progression. They stated that, while neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) generated against the SARS-Cov-2 may inhibit its entry into the host cell, other […]
