Brief overview of Infectious disease, prevention and treatment.

Posted by hpriya246 on Mon, 26 May 2014

Brief overview of Infectious disease, prevention and treatment.People get sick very often due to infections. Infections are disease process mediated through micro organisms inside the host. Infection,...

The battle against rotavirus gets an additional armament.

Posted by nishith on Sat, 21 Jun 2014

Rotavirus is one of the most common causes of severe dehydrating gastroenteritis. The mortality rate due to rotavirus is very high and contributes a significant chunk to the infant mortality in the de...

Zika Virus: Where Do We Stand in 2017?

Posted by kaushik2015 on Wed, 11 Jan 2017

Kaushik Bharati, PhDZika virus (ZIKV) is a Flavivirus spread by infected Aedes mosquitoes. Although the virus has been known since 1947, its notoriety spread in 2015 with major outbreaks in Brazil and...

What are Vaccines and How Helpful are they in Preventing Diseases?

Posted by Vijayachandar93 on Fri, 10 Jan 2020

To understand much better let's start with the story of Polio. It is one of the deadly diseases humans have faced. This disease leaves the one affected, with lifelong physical disabilities. 40 years b...

Is COVID Vaccine Anti-men?

Posted by drrk21894 on Fri, 24 Sep 2021

We have heard a lot of questions when it comes to COVID-19, like, how does it affect me? How does it affect my kids? Can it harm my pregnancy? And most importantly, is it ever going to end? And intere...

Do we need to vaccinate every child against COVID-19?

Posted by Sunhitha Velamala on Sun, 14 Apr 2024

Nearing the two-year mark since its emergence, SARS-CoV-2 has been associated with less than 0.1% mortality in the 470 million population of children in India. Most children who contract the virus suf...