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COVID-19 and Zoonotic diseases

COVID-19 and Zoonotic diseases Part of: GS-III- Health (PT-MAINS-PERSONALITY TEST) It is found that the coronavirus outbreak certainly comes from the animal world. However, it is said that humans are to be blamed for the pandemic. Concerns: “The emergence of zoonotic diseases is often associated with environmental changes or ecological disturbances, such as agricultural intensification and human settlement, or encroachments into forests and other habitats,” says a UNEP

23 April, 2020
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Coronavirus | Why pathogens travel in search of a host

Context: Claims were made of the virus being manufactured in laboratories and then shipped to nations to let loose on their populations. Conspiracy theories competed with each other like racy Hollywood plots at the box office. In a paper published on March 17, Nature Medicine busted the theory of a lab-cultured SARS-CoV-2. The paper, The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2, by Kristian G. Andersen, Andrew Rambaut, W. Ian Lipkin et al, made it clear that this was a case of zoonoses.

26 April, 2020
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Why do some Covid-19 patients lose their sense of smell?

Why do some Covid-19 patients lose their sense of smell? Loss of the sense of smell (and taste), one of the more recently identified symptoms of Covid-19, is now recognised as such by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the health authorities of some countries, including the US. Tracking the proteins SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, hijacks two human proteins to invade cells. One is the ACE2 “receptor” on the cell surface (it opens the door for the vir

28 May, 2020
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Fewer species, more disease

Fewer species, more disease By,Prakash Nelliyat is a Chennai-based researcher Context Scientists believe that the loss of biodiversity, and wildlife trade, have strong linkages with the emergence of epidemics. The pandemic is an opportunity for the global community to explore the consequences of its unscientific actions on nature and prepare for behavioural change. Loss of biodiversity Dangerous infectious diseases (Ebola, Bird flu, MERS, SARS, Nipah, etc.) have bee