👀DAILY HINDU EDITORIAL WORD BYTES - 1 -> 23 MAY👀
💥Daily Word Bytes - 1 from editorial -The Nipah test💥
age-old (adjective) – traditional, established, lasting.
Hindu Editorial usage : Age-old practices of infection control are crucial to limit the deadly outbreak
outbreak (noun) – outburst, epidemic, sudden appearance/occurrence.
Hindu Editorial usage : The outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus around Kozhikode, Kerala, is a test of India’s capacity to respond to public health emergencies.
pathogen (noun) – something, like bacteria/virus, that causes disease.
Hindu Editorial usage : In 2018, the World Health Organisation listed Nipah as one of the 10 priority pathogens needing urgent research, given its ability to trigger lethal outbreaks and the lack of drugs available against it.
lethal (adjective) – deadly, fatal, killing.
Hindu Editorial usage : In 2018, the World Health Organisation listed Nipah as one of the 10 priority pathogens needing urgent research, given its ability to trigger lethal outbreaks and the lack of drugs available against it.
mutation (noun) – a significant and basic “alteration” in the DNA sequence.
Hindu Editorial usage : Nipah has an exceptional rate of mutation — that is, it can easily adapt to spread more efficiently among humans than it does now.
microbe (noun) – a very small, simple living thing (only the size of one cell) that requires a microscope to see; microorganism.
Hindu Editorial usage : Such an adaptation would result in a truly dangerous microbe.
encephalitis (noun) – it is a sudden sudden inflammation (swelling) of the brain.
Hindu Editorial usage : Nipah already kills up to 70% of those it infects, through a mix of symptoms that include encephalitis, a brain inflammation marked by a coma state,
convulsion (noun) – fit, seizure; an abnormal, involuntary contraction of the muscles most
typically seen with certain seizure disorders.
Hindu Editorial usage : disorientation, and long-lasting after-effects, such as convulsions, in those who survive.
stuttering (adjective) – relating to something which progress/develops in an irregular way.
Hindu Editorial usage : Thankfully, in most outbreaks in South Asia so far the virus has displayed a “stuttering chain of transmission”.
reservoir (noun) – source /stock, store, reserve.
Hindu Editorial usage : This means that once the virus spreads from fruit bats, its natural reservoir, to humans, it moves mainly to people in close contact with patients, such as hospital staff and family caregivers.
caregiver (noun) – attendant, aide/helper, personal assistant.
Hindu Editorial usage : This means that once the virus spreads from fruit bats, its natural reservoir, to humans, it moves mainly to people in close contact with patients, such as hospital staff and family caregivers.
fruit bat (noun) – a large flying mammal (with large wings) that eats fruit and lives in hot countries; it is also called as flying fox.
Hindu Editorial usage : This means that once the virus spreads from fruit bats, its natural reservoir, to humans, it moves mainly to people in close contact with patients, such as hospital staff and family caregivers.
secrete (verb) – produce, discharge, emit/release.
Hindu Editorial usage : But these caregivers are at high risk, because the sicker the patients become, the more virus they secrete.
contaminate (verb) – pollute, adulterate; spoil.
Hindu Editorial usage : In a 2007 outbreak in Nadia, West Bengal, for example, patient zero is believed to have acquired the virus from palm liquor contaminated by bat droppings
droppings (noun) – excrement, faeces, stools/dung.
Hindu Editorial usage : In a 2007 outbreak in Nadia, West Bengal, for example, patient zero is believed to have acquired the virus from palm liquor contaminated by bat droppings
contagious (adjective) – infectious, communicable, transmittable/spreadable.
Hindu Editorial usage : Only when clinical investigations are complete can it be determined how contagious the virus really is.
combat (verb) – prevent, obstruct/stop, restrict.
Hindu Editorial usage : If it is found travelling over long distances, the authorities will have to be ready with strategies to combat its spread.
unrivalled (adjective) – unequalled, unparalleled, matchless.
Hindu Editorial usage : Doctors identified the virus in the very second patient, a diagnostic speed unrivalled in developing countries.
commend (verb) – praise, compliment, applaud.
Hindu Editorial usage : This must be commended. But big challenges remain.
regimen (noun) – practice, procedure, approach.
Hindu Editorial usage : The death of a nurse shows that health-care workers may not be taking adequate precautions when dealing with patients, by using masks and following a strict hand-wash regimen.
Hindu Editorial usage : Age-old practices of infection control are crucial to limit the deadly outbreak
outbreak (noun) – outburst, epidemic, sudden appearance/occurrence.
Hindu Editorial usage : The outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus around Kozhikode, Kerala, is a test of India’s capacity to respond to public health emergencies.
Hindu Editorial usage : In 2018, the World Health Organisation listed Nipah as one of the 10 priority pathogens needing urgent research, given its ability to trigger lethal outbreaks and the lack of drugs available against it.
Hindu Editorial usage : In 2018, the World Health Organisation listed Nipah as one of the 10 priority pathogens needing urgent research, given its ability to trigger lethal outbreaks and the lack of drugs available against it.
Hindu Editorial usage : Nipah has an exceptional rate of mutation — that is, it can easily adapt to spread more efficiently among humans than it does now.
Hindu Editorial usage : Such an adaptation would result in a truly dangerous microbe.
Hindu Editorial usage : Nipah already kills up to 70% of those it infects, through a mix of symptoms that include encephalitis, a brain inflammation marked by a coma state,
disorientation (noun) – a state of mental confusion.
Hindu Editorial usage : disorientation, and long-lasting after-effects, such as convulsions, in those who survive.
typically seen with certain seizure disorders.
Hindu Editorial usage : disorientation, and long-lasting after-effects, such as convulsions, in those who survive.
Hindu Editorial usage : Thankfully, in most outbreaks in South Asia so far the virus has displayed a “stuttering chain of transmission”.
Hindu Editorial usage : This means that once the virus spreads from fruit bats, its natural reservoir, to humans, it moves mainly to people in close contact with patients, such as hospital staff and family caregivers.
Hindu Editorial usage : This means that once the virus spreads from fruit bats, its natural reservoir, to humans, it moves mainly to people in close contact with patients, such as hospital staff and family caregivers.
Hindu Editorial usage : This means that once the virus spreads from fruit bats, its natural reservoir, to humans, it moves mainly to people in close contact with patients, such as hospital staff and family caregivers.
Hindu Editorial usage : But these caregivers are at high risk, because the sicker the patients become, the more virus they secrete.
Hindu Editorial usage : In a 2007 outbreak in Nadia, West Bengal, for example, patient zero is believed to have acquired the virus from palm liquor contaminated by bat droppings
Hindu Editorial usage : In a 2007 outbreak in Nadia, West Bengal, for example, patient zero is believed to have acquired the virus from palm liquor contaminated by bat droppings
Hindu Editorial usage : Only when clinical investigations are complete can it be determined how contagious the virus really is.
Hindu Editorial usage : If it is found travelling over long distances, the authorities will have to be ready with strategies to combat its spread.
Hindu Editorial usage : Doctors identified the virus in the very second patient, a diagnostic speed unrivalled in developing countries.
Hindu Editorial usage : This must be commended. But big challenges remain.
Hindu Editorial usage : The death of a nurse shows that health-care workers may not be taking adequate precautions when dealing with patients, by using masks and following a strict hand-wash regimen.
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