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H5n1 virus in india: In the last few years, concerns about bird flu ie H5N1 virus have increased worldwide. This virus was found in birds for the first time about three decades ago, but now it is slowly reaching humans. H5N1 is a type of influenza virus i.e. infection in the windpipe, which infects the nose and throat. This is a kind of flu. H5 named Hamaglutinine. N1 means a protein called neuralgia. Both H5 and N1 are found in this virus, which help the virus to enter our body.
recently Indian Institute of Science (IISC), Biochemistry Department of Bangalore Assistant Professor Keshavardhan Sannula and his team have made an important discovery. He discovered that at present, which is spreading 2.3.4.4B of H5N1, there are special genetic mutations that have the ability to thrive the virus in humans. Here the clade means the group of viruses, which have only one old ancestor.
H5N1’s mammals are more threatened by organisms
According to Keshardhan, these 2.3.4.4b clade have already infected several types of mammals animals and are slowly adjusting them. This is the reason why the risk of infection in humans is now higher than before. Now due to this virus, large -scale deaths of birds and animals are taking place around the world, as well as some cases in humans.
Which animals threatens humans more
Whenever the virus goes into a new organism, it can be a genetic change. These changes help the virus to stick and spread in the body of the new host. The Indian Institute of Science (IISC) team tried to find out Il talk- is this virus adjusting the required protein to infect humans? Apart from this, the question is also important whether these animals are making this virus the most infectious and how much humans are accessible to those animals.
How does a virus thrive in a body?
Proteins present on the body of the virus such as hemaglutinine (HA) and nuraminidase (NA) decide how the virus will connect to the cells of an organism and how it will spread in them. When the virus goes into a new organism (such as a bird to mammal or humans), it has to make changes in its protein according to conditions such as the immune system and body temperature, the surface receptor of the cells. So that he can adapt himself according to the environment of the body of the new host (animal or humans).
H5N1 virus strain is being found in fox
The most shocking thing came out that the virus found in the fox was more than the ability to spread to humans in the strain. The research team says that this clade is getting the same important mutation, which was earlier in the human flu virus that has spread pendemic/pendemic. That is, if not alert now, then in the coming time this virus can spread rapidly in humans.
Emphasis on testing and increasing security
Therefore, experts have clearly stated that maximum monitoring and testing will have to be increased on this virus. Especially in places where it is more at risk of spreading animals from humans. There is a need to make strict arrangements for monitoring and safety in fields, poultry farms, and wild animals contact places.
This danger has not been fully revealed yet, but the situation shows that if steps are not taken in time, then this new form of bird flu can cause the next big epidemic. Which may be heavy to take or ignore it.