Coronavirus-clinical-updates
In India, COVID-19 patients are developing a rare but fatal
fungal infection, called "black fungus."
Two cases of black fungus have been detected at BIRDEM
Hospital in patients who have recovered from Covid-19.According to an advisory issued by the Indian Council of
Medical Research the following conditions in Covid-19 patients increase the...
Probiotics are live
microorganisms that confer health benefits when consumed in adequate amounts,
including enhanced immune activity and the clearance of respiratory tract
infections. (FAO and WHO, UN).
Probiotics could be used as an
adjunctive treatment against COVID-19.Role of probiotics to
combat COVID-19It is evident that probiotics ca...
Coronaviruses—by the very nature
of their RNA-based genome—have an intrinsically higher rate of mutation than
DNA-based viruses. That said, they manifest a lower rate of mutation than
influenza viruses due to the presence of genetic code for an enzyme that
corrects some transcription errors.
Mutations naturally arise during
viral replicati...
The Joint Committee on Vaccination
and Immunisation has decided that people who are at risk because of a heart
condition should be among those who are prioritised to receive the vaccine.
What do we know about this new
SARS-CoV-2 variant?
It’s been snappily named
VUI-202012/01 (the first “Variant Under Investigation” in December 2020) and is
defined by a set of 17 changes or mutations. One of the most significant is an
N501Y mutation in the spike protein that the virus uses to bind to the human
ACE2 receptor. Changes in this...
Remdesivir, Hydroxychloroquine, Lopinavir and Interferon regimens
appeared to have little or no effect on hospitalized COVID-19, as
indicated by overall mortality, initiation of ventilation and duration
of hospital stay. The mortality findings contain most of the randomized
evidence on Remdesivir and Interferon, and are consistent with
me...
In a paper on the interim findings on the four drugs, WHO's Solidarity
trial researchers in 30 countries return a clear negative.
The multi-country Solidarity trial
anchored by the World Health Organization (WHO) has concluded that none of the
four repurposed drugs that it examined — remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine (HCQ),...
Why is herd immunity
important?
Herd immunity occurs when a large
portion of a community (the herd) becomes immune to a disease, making the
spread of disease from person to person unlikely. As a result, the whole
community becomes protected — not just those who are immune.
Often, a percentage of the
population mus...
After the FDA’s issuance of an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the use of Covid-19 convalescent plasma (CCP), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) issued statements urging caution.
Both organizations agreed that using CCP may hold promise as a treatment for the virus but noted a lack of hi...
A 33-year-old man in Hong Kong may represent the first confirmed case of reinfection, researchers in Hong Kong said. He was reinfected with the novel coronavirus, but didn't develop any symptoms the second time. Viral sequence disparity indicates Hong Kong case not simply prolonged infection.
The man was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Marc...
What is herd immunity?
When most of a population is immune to an infectious
disease, this provides indirect protection—or herd immunity (also called herd
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