World Health Organisation’s Chief Scientist, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan says that, pandemic situation is not going to change overnight even after the vaccine comes. We need to prepare ourselves physically as well as mentally for...
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After Effects of COVID-19 Survivors
COVID-19 long haulers are those people who survived COVID-19 by clinically testing negative after being suffered. These people are suffering from after effects of the disease. The effects like psychological issues are increasing in...
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Covishield a late phase trial in India
Oxford Astrazeneca’s late phase trials know as Covishield in India are going well without any major side effects. Covisheild vaccine trials are carried out by Pune based Serum Institute of India (SII) at many...
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Congo Fever at Maharastra !
Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever ( CCHF) commonly called Congo Fever is an alert in Palghar District Maharastra now. It spread by ticks to humans from cattle. As there is no specific treatment for CCHF,...
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CQV may be another pandemic?
The world is still struggling with COVID-19 pandemic and a new virus has been reported named Cat Que Virus (CQV). This has been already reported between 2014 to 2017 in different states of India...
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Vitamin-D; An immune booster in COVID-19 pandemic
Boston University studies revealed that sufficient levels of Vitamin-D can prevent COVID-19 patient’s condition from becoming worst. Vitamin-D even reduces the need for oxygen. In an article in PLOS One, 9.7% patient above 40...
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Cq value, a necessary basic for RT-PCR in COVID-19 Testing
To detect a real signal from biological samples, some cycles of DNA replication is required which is called as “cycle quantification” ( Cq). It generally has a maximum of 35 cycles and for Drosten...
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RT-PCR, a targeted diagnostic tool for SARS-COV-2 or not ?
Charite, a Germany’s most influential virologist in respect of COVID-19 employee of Christian Drosten said that they did not use purified particles for testing virus. MagNA pure 96 system (Roche,Penzberg,Germany) was use to extract...
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Is PCR a valid diagnostic tool for COVID-19?
Kary Mullis (inventor of PCR) regarded the PCR is an in appropriate method to detect a viral infection because PCR is use to replicate or duplicate DNA sequences millions and billions of times, but...
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Benefits of corticosteroids in COVID-19 treatment
Corticosteroid methylprednisolone has shown significant decrease in risk of mortality rate in patients with ADRS ( Adverse Drug Reactions). Dexamethasone has given better results in recovery trials. Of 5 cases treated with corticosteroids, only...
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