CURRENT AFFAIRS

2020

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which institute has explored the neuroinvasive nature of the COVID-19 virus SARS-CoV-2?
A
The Indian Institute of Science
B
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research-Guwahati
C
National Innovation Foundation India
D
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Jodhpur
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -COVID-19 can present with central nervous system manifestations, such as headache, encephalitis and encephalopathy, peripheral nervous system manifestations, such as anosmia, ageusia and Guillian Barre syndrome, and skeletal muscle manifestations, such as myalgia and myasthenia gravis.

Detailed explanation-2: -Research is being done to treat COVID-19 and to prevent infection with SARS-CoV-2. Also called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

Detailed explanation-3: -COVID-19 Positive (SARS-CoV-2 RNA Detected) Test Result If your COVID-19 test was positive, this means that the test did detect the presence of COVID-19 in your nasal secretions. This result would suggest that you are currently infected with COVID-19.

Detailed explanation-4: -SARS-CoV-2 is an RNA virus belonging to the coronavirus family, which according to current knowledge (as of April 2020), was zoonotically transmitted to humans – just like the first SARS epidemic in 2002/2003. SARS-CoV-2 can trigger the respiratory tract disease called COVID-19.

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