GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Issues related to health. Context: Rajasthan has reported 467 cases of dengue from January 1 to April 12 even before the arrival of the monsoon. In 2018, dengue was declared a perennial infection in the state. It is also a notifiable disease. Doctors and diagnostic centers have to report …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Issues related to health. Dengue fever Context: The rate of spread of dengue in Delhi is rampant, with the total number of cases reported in just the first week of November being 1,171. The number of dengue cases reported in the national capital in the month of October was 1,196. …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Issues related to health. Context: Dengue cases in Punjab have reached 16,129 — an all-time high figure since 2016. When do cases peak? The disease has a seasonal pattern, i.e., the peak comes after monsoon and it is not uniformly distributed throughout the year. Every year, from July to …
Topics Covered: Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology. Device to diagnose dengue within an hour: Context: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi have developed a handheld Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)-based platform for early diagnosis of dengue and also gives dengue test results within one …
