The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 13th August 2024

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Hindu Editorial Vocab On Viral Disease Outbreaks and State Responses

Since the Zika outbreak began on June 20, when the first case was reported from Pune, confirmed cases have been slowly but steadily rising. As of August first week, Maharashtra has reported 88 confirmed (to make an arrangement or meeting certain, often by phone or writing) cases. Pune city, the epicentre, alone accounts for 73 cases, while six are from Pune rural. Of the total number reported so far, at 37, pregnant women alone account for half the number of confirmed infections. Though rare, people with Zika virus infection run a risk of suffering from Guillain-Barré syndrome, a neurological (relating to nerves) disorder in which the immune system mistakenly attacks part of the peripheral nervous system. But a more harmful effect is seen in pregnant women who run a risk of giving birth to babies with a smaller than average head size, called microcephaly( the state of having a head that is smaller than normal, because the brain has not developed normally), and other neurological impairments. As in a January 2023 paper in The Lancet Regional Health – Americas, a meta-analysis of babies born to 1,548 pregnant women infected with the Zika virus, from 13 studies in Brazil between 2015 and 2017, found the absolute risk of microcephaly to be 6.6% either at birth or during follow-up. Babies also had 18.7% absolute risk of suffering from functional neurological abnormalities( something abnormal, usually in the body), and a relatively smaller risk of neuroimaging, ophthalmic and auditory abnormalities. There was also a significant risk of premature birth (10.5%), low birth weight and small for gestational age (16.2%). Less known is the risk of sexual transmission of the virus by infected men due to the presence of potentially infectious virus in their semen for at least two months. It is hence important for infected men, especially those planning a family, to be made aware of the risk as well as recommend measures to prevent viral transmission (the process of broadcasting or sending out something by radio or television, on the internet, etc., or something that is broadcast or sent out ) women for at least three months, as in the U.S. CDC guidelines.

Given the harmful effects of the virus, it is shocking that the Pune-based ICMR lab ramped up testing only after the publication of news about the Pune Municipal Corporation (a large company or group of companies that is controlled together as a single organization) planning to send samples to a government medical college instead to cut the delay in testing. As Kerala just demonstrated( to show or make something clear) in the latest outbreak of the Nipah virus, and as Gujarat learnt it the hard way in the ongoing Chandipura virus outbreak and acute encephalitis (a serious illness caused by an infection that makes the brain swell) syndrome cases, it is becoming increasingly (more and more) important and necessary that States develop the capacity to conduct high-quality testing and sequencing of viruses that cause frequent and deadly outbreaks. From the time that the first suspected case is observed (to watch carefully the way something happens or the way someone does something, especially in order to learn more about it ), the reduction in the lead time to test results is the key to instituting timely public health responses that can limit the virus spread and stop an outbreak. The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the advantages of decentralised ( used to describe organizations or their activities which are not controlled from one central place, but happen in many different places) testing and sequencing, and this should be replicated for every pathogen that causes deadly outbreaks.

Hindu Vocab Wordlist 13th August 2024

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Confirmed: to make an arrangement or meeting, often by phone or writing

Neurological: relating to nerves

Microcephaly: the state of having a head that is smaller than normal, because the brain has not developed normally

Abnormalities: something abnormal, usually in the body

Corporation: A large company or group of companies that is controlled together as a single organization:

Demonstrated: To show or make something clear:

Increasingly: more and more

Encephalitis: a serious illness caused by an infection that makes the brain swell

Observed: to watch carefully the way something happens or the way someone does something, especially in order to learn more about it

Decentralised: used to describe organizations or their activities which are not controlled from one central place, but happen in many different places

Transmission: the process of broadcasting or sending out something by radio or television, on the internet, etc., or something that is broadcast or sent out

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