Pathogenicity is the potential capacity of certain species of microbes to cause an infectious process. It is characterised by a complex of pathogenic properties in the microbe formed in the process of the historical development of the struggle for existence and adaptation to parasitic life in plant, animal and human organisms. Pathogenicity is a specific characteristic of pathogenic microbes.
Congo has launched the second phase of vaccination against mpox.
A team of researchers has identified signs tied to more severe cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in children.
Scientists have identified a new mechanism used by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), which causes chickenpox and shingles, to evade the immune system and potentially affect distant tissues.
Nearly 15,000 people have been infected with hepatitis B and C viruses in Afghanistan in the past year, the country's Ministry of Public Health reported on Sunday.
The report stated that even at the peak of the second wave which claimed scores of human lives, the villagers used traditional methods like washing their hands with natural sanitizers prepared by boiling Neem leaves in water, doing gargling, covering their faces with ‘gamachhas’ (towels) and drinking Tulsi tea. The village is backward in terms of development index as the total literacy rate is little over 52 percent.
On Friday, the country’s death toll was noted to be 90,343 after a huge rise in death rate in Ukraine which was more than 442, reports the Health Ministry.
There is good news as reports of all the nine patients that were infected with the new and deadly corona variant that is said to have originated from South Africa Omicron that had been admitted to the Rajasthan University of Health Sciences hospital in Jaipur came negative, after which all have been discharged.
"Our graded response action plan is ready, as the cases increase or the positivity increases, we will implement it," Jain said while urging people to take the second dose of vaccines if they are due.
With WHO officials announcing that Covid-19 is here to stay, the writing is on the wall. Governments must consider sustainable measures to combat surges which threaten to occur again and again, and invest in greater connectivity so that everyone has access to remote working and learning.
