Category Archives: Ideas of health

Correlates of Protection

In search of a true Correlate of protection against new viruses. The old world of immunology and vaccination are crumbling. For 100 years we thought that our antibody levels are synonymous with Protection against the microbe. Whenever the efficacy of a vaccine needed evaluation, we only measured the serum antibody level against the antigen atContinue reading “Correlates of Protection”

A Brief history of Immunology

We live in a dangerous world full of a billion pathogens ready to infect us at any time. No wonder nature has endowed us with a strong immunity against these pathogen. The whole history of our knowledge about such an important life story is hardly 120 years. The first Nobel prize in medicine was awardedContinue reading “A Brief history of Immunology”

This Virus is Still an Enigma-2

What is happening in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea ? Country Population( in lakh) Total New cases ( on 27.02.22) New cases (per one lakh population) South Korea 513 166,206 323 Singapore 59 16,857 285 Hong Kong 75 17,053 227 Japan 1,258 65,196 52 India 14,024 10,273 0.7 Daily New detection on 27.02.22Continue reading “This Virus is Still an Enigma-2”

This Virus is Still an Enigma

What is happening in Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea ? Country Total New cases on 17.02.22 New cases per one lakh population Singapore 18545 314 South Korea 93,127 181 Hong Kong 6,116 81 India 24,707 1.7 Daily New detection on 17.02.22 These are countries noted for their perfect Covid-19 control measures. Their Citizens areContinue reading “This Virus is Still an Enigma”