Según JAMA, en el pasado mes de agosto el Gobierno de La India autorizó el uso en emergencias de una vacuna de ADN fabricada por la firma farmacéutica Zydus Cadila en partenariado con el Departamento de Biotecnología de ese país. El esquema de vacunación consiste en tres dosis separadas por 28 […]
La urgencia de combatir el COVID-19 ha acelerado el desarrollo de vacunas que utilizan tecnología genética, como vacuna de ADN. Y la India, es el primer país en aprobar una nueva vacuna de este tipo. La urgencia de combatir el COVID-19 ha acelerado el desarrollo de vacunas que utilizan tecnología […]
Hasta el momento, se descarta que dicha enfermedad tenga relación con COVID-19, aunque en algunos casos guarda ciertas coincidencias con el dengue. Una misteriosa enfermedad provocada por un virus no identificada ha causado la muerte de 33 niños y siete adultos en el Uttar Pradesh de India, según han informado medios locales, […]
Public health officials in India are sounding the alarm on another coronavirus variant, which they are calling “Delta Plus,” according to CBS News. The Delta Plus variant, which is a mutation of the widespread Delta strain first identified in India, could be more infectious and cause more severe COVID-19. Officials in […]
The CDC has officially classified the delta variant of the coronavirus as a “variant of concern” to monitor in the U.S. The variant, which was first identified in India and is also known as B.1.617.2, now accounts for 10% of cases in the U.S. and is spreading quickly. The variant led to […]
We welcome Reddy’s editorial on covid-19 in India,1 but want to emphasise one further issue: how India’s national government has inappropriately prioritised people for covid-19 vaccination. In January 2021, India’s vaccination programme began with health professionals and “frontline workers.” In March, it was extended to people aged 60 or over and […]
June 4, 2021 — The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine produces lower levels of antibodies against the Delta variant, known as B.1.617.2 and discovered in India, according to a new study published Thursday in The Lancet. The antibody levels also appear to be lower in older people and decline over time, which could mean that […]
El hongo negro que azota a la India, no es sino la mucormicosis ya descrita en la diabetes descontrolada; afecta los senos paranasales y las órbitas de los ojos. Ocurre porque usan esteroides demasiado temprano en la evolución de la COVID 19, lo que descontrola más la diabetes. https://www.facebook.com/100044271621901/posts/328165462002505/?sfnsn=scwspwa […]
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s coronavirus death toll crossed 250,000 on Wednesday in the deadliest 24 hours since the pandemic began, as the disease rampaged through the countryside, leaving families to weep over the dead in rural hospitals or camp in wards to tend the sick. Boosted by highly infectious […]
La variante india del coronavirus B.1.617 presenta dos alteraciones genéticas significativas en una proteína de la superficie del virus: E484Q y L452R. Estos números crípticos ocultan la posición exacta de la respectiva alteración del genoma. Las dos variantes se conocen desde hace mucho tiempo: la E484Q es similar a la E484K, […]
