Archive for February 2022
Response to A Recent Outbreak of Nipah Virus in India in the context of COVID-19 pandemic
February 24, 2022 Context India experienced a devastating second wave of COVID-19 between February and early May of 2021. Since then, cases have declined gradually. Interestingly, the southern Indian state of Kerala accounted for more than half of the country’s new COVID-19 infections this summer, but Kerala has one of India’s lowest COVID-19 fatality rates…
Read MoreCOVID-19 and the Gut Microbiome
February 11, 2022 Effects of Microbiomes The importance of the immunomodulatory effects of gut microbial populations has now been well recognized. In addition to their normal beneficial effects, alterations in the gut microbiota composition can lead to profound immune dysregulation and systemic inflammation. Because severe COVID-19 and long term COVID are driven by inappropriate immune…
Read MoreGlobal Virus Network (GVN) Adds the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) as Newest Member to Combat Viral Threats
Baltimore, Maryland, USA, February 8, 2021: The Global Virus Network (GVN), representing 68 Centers of Excellence and 10 Affiliates in 36 countries comprising foremost experts in every class of virus causing disease in humans, and the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) in Durban announced the addition of CAPRISA as GVN’s…
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