Continuous surveillance and testing for the novel coronavirus are critical for identifying and preventing the transmission of 'silent infections' by people who do not show any symptoms but carry the virus that causes the deadly COVID-19 disease, according to a leading virologist.
A 45-year-old woman, who returned from Iran, tested positive for the deadly coronavirus in Pakistan, taking the total number of the COVID-19 infections in the country to five, officials said on Tuesday.
The Telangana government said on Saturday that 11 of the 18 samples tested for the novel coronavirus in the state have turned out to be negative.
The disease is caused by the bite of infected female phlebotomine sandflies, an official said. The health department has started spraying insecticides in the village in an effort to stop the disease from spreading.
The crocodile is currently being treated by the Wildlife SOS veterinarians. A veterinarian said that close inspection revealed that one-third of the crocodile's snout had been ripped off in the accident.
"Our data demonstrate for the first time that ocean water exposure can alter the diversity and composition of the human skin microbiome," said Marisa Chattman Nielsen, a PhD student at the University of California, Irvine in the US.
The results showed that before swimming all individuals had different communities from one-another on their skin but after swimming they all had similar communities.
Previous research has shown that skin bacteria can protect the animals by producing fungi-fighting compounds.
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Some mothers produce milk sugars that make the bacteria more susceptible to common antibiotics.
Most of the healthcare facilities don't clean their reusable medical equipments which causes serious infectious diseases.
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