16th World Conference on Infectious Diseases, Prevention and Control

The rainy weather leads to an increase in  viral   activity especially that of the Respiratory Syncytial Virus, thought to be the most common type that causes cold. Respiratory syncytial virus causes an epidemic among small children. The symptoms may vary from running nose and sneezing to severe cough and wheezing, breathing difficulty. The recent conjuration of rains has brought on a fresh session of cold and influenza , making it tough for children returning to school after the summer vacation and professionals trying to work through the whines and fever without infecting their colleagues. Infants should be kept clothed and protected from chill air. We are also seeing an increase in diarrhoea’s cases because of the rains. The rain water is the main culprit, especially if you are eating out often.  In summer and  although in rainy season brings a calm refreshing coolness, it also brings several infections and viral diseases like dengue, chikungunya, malaria, ty...

  Antibiotic resistance is accelerated by poor infection prevention and control, as well as the misuse and overuse of antibiotics. Bacteria, not humans or animals, become antibiotic-resistant. The infections they cause are harder to treat than those caused by non-resistant bacteria and these bacteria may infect humans and animals. In all parts of the world antibiotic resistance is rising to dangerously high levels. Threatening our ability to treat common infectious diseases , new resistance mechanisms are emerging and spreading globally. A growing list of infections are becoming harder, and sometimes impossible, to treat as antibiotics become less effective such as Ebola Virus, HIV, AIDs, Influenza, and Fungal.   The emergence and spread of resistance is made worse, where antibiotics can be bought for human or animal use without a prescription, similarly, antibiotics are often over-prescribed in countries without standard treatment guidelines, by health workers and veter...

Fever is a body temperature which is measured higher than the normal temperature. Most of the people experience normal body temperature around 98.6ᴼF (37ᴼC). It is a temporary increase in the body temperature, frequently caused due to an illness. Some of the common symptoms of fever are general weakness, sweating, headache, dehydration, irritability, loss of appetite etc. It can be measured through digital thermometers. Initially, vaccines develop the immune system to protect against bacteria or viruses that makes a person sick. It is a medical product, though they are invented to protect from diseases but, cause many side effects like swelling, soreness or redness at the injection site etc. It works by training the immune system to recognize and fighting pathogens, either bacteria or viruses. To perform this, certain molecules from the pathogen must be launched into the body to trigger an immune response. Fever is a compulsory symptom after any vaccination. Vaccination is a ...

Coronaviruses is a set of related RNA viruses that cause diseases in birds and mammals. Most of the people are infected with COVID-19 virus will undergo mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without hospitalization. Common symptoms of COVID-19 are dry cough, fever and tiredness. It also affects different people in different ways like sore throat, headache, diarrhea , loss of taste or smell, difficulty breathing or shortness of breath, chest pain or pressure and so on. COVID-19 virus can be prevented by maintaining at least one meter distance between from people who cough and sneeze, avoid touching your face, by avoiding unnecessary travel and practice physical distancing. At-Home Coronavirus treatment can be taken through various ways like try to stay in one place in your home, cover your coughs and sneezes with Cover your coughs and sneezes with your elbow or a tissue and wash regularly, especially your hands. In order to overcome this COVID-19 everyone should practic...