Dengue Fever: What You Need to Know
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne viral infection caused by the Dengue virus, a single-stranded RNA virus from the Flavivirus family. There are four subtypes of the virus (DENV-1 to DENV-4), and infection with one type does not provide lifelong protection against the others. Dengue is classified as an arbovirus because it is transmitted mainly through […]
Everything You Need to Know About Leprosy
Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease that affects the skin, peripheral nerves, mucous membranes, and upper respiratory tract. The bacteria – “Mycobacterium leprae” causes leprosy. It can be transmitted through droplets from the nose and mouth of an infected person or through contact with infected tissue or bodily fluids. There were 127,558 new leprosy cases […]