CURRENT AFFAIRS

2022

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Fungal Priority Pathogens List has been released by which institution?
A
UNICEF
B
WHO
C
FAO
D
UNHCR
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -WHO today published a report highlighting the first-ever list of fungal “priority pathogens” – a catalogue of the 19 fungi that represent the greatest threat to public health.

Detailed explanation-2: -The WHO today published its first-ever list of fungal ‘priority pathogens’ - a catalogue of 19 fungi that represent the greatest threat to public health.

Detailed explanation-3: -The critical group includes Cryptococcus neoformans, Candida auris, Aspergillus fumigatus and Candida albicans. The high group includes Nakaseomyces glabrata (Candida glabrata), Histoplasma spp., eumycetoma causative agents, Mucorales, Fusarium spp., Candida tropicalis and Candida parapsilosis.

Detailed explanation-4: -LONDON, Oct 25 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization has drawn up the first ever list of fungal pathogens posing the greatest threat to human health, warning that some strains are increasingly drug-resistant and becoming more widespread. The U.N.

There is 1 question to complete.