Infective endocarditis remains, still one of the few dangerous conditions with a mortality rate of about 30 per cent in spite of the advent of so many antibiotics. The major cause for this high mortality is delay in diagnosis, because the clinical features in the early stage of the disease are unimpressive and more importantly inappropriate antibiotic therapy. The latter [...]
In this article we will discuss about the diseases caused by mosquitoes. The diseases are: 1. Yellow Fever 2. Dengue Fever 3. Chikungunya. Disease # 1. Yellow Fever: It is transmitted by Aedes and other mosquitoes and is an acute specific viral fever of short duration, varying in severity. The severe cases are characterised by toxic jaundice, albuminuria and haemorrhages [...]
Antigen (Ag) antibody (Ab) reactions occur when an antigen combines with a corresponding antibody to produce an immune complex. Therefore, an antigen-antibody reaction is thus a bimolecular association which is similar to an enzyme-substrate interaction but the only difference is that antigen-antibody reaction does not lead to an irreversible chemical interaction. The basis for antigen-antibody reactions are the non-covalent interactions [...]