Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

A coronavirus is a virus that is found in animals and, rarely, can be transmitted from animals to humans and then spread person to person. In addition to COVID-19, other human corona viruses have included- The MERS virus, or Middle East respiratory syndrome.
The SARS virus, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, which first occurred in the Guangdong province in southern China…

Chikungunya-Its Prevention And Cure

Chikungunya is an infection caused by the chikungunya virus. Symptoms include the sudden onset of fever two to four days after exposure. The fever usually lasts two to seven days, while accompanyingjoint pains typically last weeks or months but sometimes years.[2][3][4] The risk is a little less than 1 in 1,000; the elderly or those with underlying chronic medical problems are most likely to have severe complications.[5] The virus is passed to humans by two species of mosquito of the genusAedes: A. albopictus and A. aegypti.[6][7] The virus circulates within a number of animals including monkeys, birds, cattle, and rodents.[8] This is in contrast to dengue, for…