Chikungunya What is Chikungunya? It is a mosquito borne infection caused by a virus called Chikungunya Chikungunya – Cause Transmission Mosquito bites and sucks blood containing the Chikungunya virus from an infected person. The Chikungunya virus is then carried by the mosquito and it multiplies in its gut. This mosquito, then passes the Chikungunya virus …
Leptospirosis What is Leptospirosis? It is a bacterial infection that spreads through the urine of infected animals, which can get into water or soil and can survive there for weeks to months. Leptospirosis – Cause Reservoir hosts are animals that harbor or nourish a pathogen and serves as a source of infection. Leptospirosis – Symptoms …
Fever What is Fever? A fever – also known as high temperature – is not by itself an illness. It’s usually a symptom of an underlying condition, most often an infection. Fever is usually associated with physical discomfort, and most people feel better when a fever is treated.Infections are the most common cause. There are …
DENGUE What is Dengue? Dengue is a mosquito borne infection, spread by the Aedis Egypti mosquito, which carries the dengue virus Dengue – Cause Dengue – Symptoms How is dengue diagnosed? Your doctor would clinically suspect dengue based on your recent history, signs and symptoms.However, a confirmatory diagnosis of dengue can be obtained only through …
Malaria What is Malaria? Malaria is an infection spread through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito. The infected mosquitoes carry the Plasmodium parasite. When this mosquito bites you, the parasite is released into your bloodstream. The parasite then enters the liver, matures there and its matured form then starts attacking the red blood cells …
COVID-19 A Bird’s Eye View of the COVID-19 Pandemic Is COVID-19 another name for Coronavirus? No. That’s a misunderstanding. Let us clarify it here for you. “Coronavirus” represent a family of viruses that has different viral species included in it. The novel Covid-19 that has resulted in a global pandemic is just one such Coronavirus, …
Tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused bybacteria called Mycobacterium Tuberculosis that are spread from person to person through the air. TB usually affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body, such as the brain, the kidneys, or the spine, bone, tissues etc.TB is treatable and curable with timely and …
H1N1 What is H1N1? Swine flu, also known as the H1N1 virus, is a strain of influenza virus that causes symptoms similar to the regular flu. It initially develops in pigs but is spread primarily from person to person.It continues to spread during flu season like other strains of the flu. A look at public …
FLU What is “FLU”? Flu is also called influenza (in-floo- EN-zuh). The flu illness is caused by influenza viruses. There are many different subtypes of this virus. All strains are named starting with an A or B type (such as Influenza A H1N1 or Influenza A H3N2). Flu viruses are constantly changing, so it is …
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