Zika Virus – Beware of Mosquitoes, again!

Zika is a mosquito borne virus. It is transmitted mostly by the bite of Aedes aegypti mosquito which also spreads dengue and chikungunya viruses. Symptoms include fever, rash, conjunctivitis and mild fever. Incubation period is 2-7 days after the bite of infected mosquito. One out of four people will develop symptoms of the disease. Source: Muhammad Mahdi Karim The virus         Read More …

India – the Dengue Capital of the World

Dengue Beware of that mosquito you might spot around you during the day! For, you may catch the Dengue Fever if you don’t take the due precautions. India’s official data reports about 20,000 cases annually but one study estimated this number to be about 300X off – with the actual number of hospitalizations being around 58,00,000! Dengue is endemic in India         Read More …