COVID-19 is not influenzadoi:10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30577-4Eskild PetersenThe Lancet Respiratory Medicine
Whether COVID-19 will join influenza as an infectious disease for which annual vaccination is required isn’t yet known. Although they’re both RNA viruses, “the backdrop is so different,” Baylor said. “We are in a pandemic. We didn’t have a vaccine. This [mRNA vaccines] is new t...
Pneumonia is an inflammation of the lung tissue. It’s caused by a number of viral infections, such as the influenza (flu) virus or SARS-CoV-2 – the culprit in COVID-19. Bacteria and certain types of fungus can also give rise to pneumonia. With pneumonia, the lungs become inflamed an...
Keywords COVID-19 Herd immunity Yemen Vaccination The emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has renewed the debate on herd immunity. Although the concept seems plausible in an ideal setting, achieving this would possibly require intentional sacrifice of a section of the herd, not only in terms of...
SARS-CoV-2, the agent responsible for the outbreak of COVID-19, is an enveloped virus that utilises its surface glycoprotein spike (S) to bind to the host cell membrane through an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE2) receptor1,2. Most of the efforts to develop therapies and vaccines agains...
COVID-19Infections Linked to Increased Risk of Seizures and Epilepsy People who have a COVID-19 infection are more likely to develop seizures or epilepsy within the next six months than people who have an influenza infection. Furthermore, the increased risk was more noticeable in chil...
The Covid-19 epidemic is a major public health emergency. The virus has spread faster and wider than any other since the founding of the People’s Republic in 1949, and has proven to be the most difficult to contain. It is both a crisis and a major test for China. The Communist ...
Influenza viruses are presumed, but not conclusively known, to spread among humans by several possible routes. We provide evidence of a mode of transmission seldom considered for influenza: airborne virus transport on microscopic particles called “aeros
Covid-19 can also present with mild symptoms very similar to a typical cold or flu – or no symptoms at all, which makes controlling the spread of the virus causing Covid-19 very difficult. What is a coronavirus? All viruses are like zombies – they try to take over people’s bodie...
which is caused by COVID-19. Influenza activity is growing in most parts of the country. RSV activity remains high in many areas,” the CDC wrote in anupdateon its website Thursday.