COVID Flashcards
What is the name of variant with lineage B.1.1.529?
Omicron
What are the names of all the corona variants?
where and by which organisation was the omicron detected?
in south africa by the ngs sa or the national genomic surveillance south africa in november 2021
what is the name of the strain of the highly transmissible delta variant found in india
B.1.617.2
what does SARS-CoV-2 stand for
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
when did who classify omicron as a variant of concern
26 november 2021
first reported 24th, first confirmed infection on 9th november
what are the covid variants of concern
Alpha (lineage B.1.1.7) - uk Beta (lineage B.1.351) - south africa Gamma (lineage P.1) - japan Delta (lineage B.1.617.2) - india Omicron (lineage B.1.1.529) - south africa
what are the variants named after and why did they skip two letters?
greek alphabet
lpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, omicron
nu, xi : sounds like new and references the chinese president, is also a common surname (r2015 rules on nomenclature don’t want to offend cultural, social, national, ethnic, regional or professional group.)
what makes a vaccine inefficient against a variant
mutations, especially in the spike protein which most vaccines use
the omicron variant has ____ mutations in the spike protein alone
32
what are some noteable changes in the variant?
30 amino acid changes (15 in the receptor binding protein)
3 small deletions
when was the indian variant delta designated as a variant of interest and of concern
voi - 4 apr 2021
voc - 11 may 2021
omicron is the ______th letter of the greek alphabet
15th
__________ was established in July 1963 for research in epidemiology and control of communicable diseases and to reorganize the activities of the Malaria Institute of India.
National Centre for Disease Control
how many branches does the ncdc have and where?
8 branches + one headquarters
Alwar, Bengaluru, Trivandrum, Calicut, Coonoor, Jagdalpur, Patna, Rajahmundry and Varanasi to advise the respective state governments on public health. The headquarters are in Sham Nath Marg, in New Delhi.
in some places it is considered that the ncdc was established when the central malaria bureau was created and it was only renamed in the year of 1963. when was the central malaria bureau established
The origin of the National Centre for Disease Control can be traced to the Central Malaria Bureau, which was established at Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, India in 1909.
in some places it is considered that the ncdc was established when the central malaria bureau was created and it was only renamed in the year of 1963. when was the central malaria bureau established
The origin of the National Centre for Disease Control can be traced to the Central Malaria Bureau, which was established at Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, India in 1909.
when was the central malaria bureau renamed?
It was renamed the Malaria Institute of India in 1938 and in 1963 renamed and replaced by the National Institute of Communicable Diseases.
when did the national institute of communicable diseases come to be known as the ncdc
2008
who launched Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortium in _______-
2020
National Centre for Disease Control under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in collaboration with Department of Biotechnology, Indian Council of Medical Research and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
what is the genomic consortium
It is a national level multiple laboratory network that will help in sentinel surveillance, research genomic level variation, develop diagnostics and vaccine for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) related pandemic.
ncdc and insacog(consortium) come under which ministry
ministry of health and family welfare
who is the minister of health and welfare
Mansukh Mandaviya (Minister)
who preceded mansukh mandviya
Harsh Vardhan (born Harshvardhan Goel, 13 December 1954) is an Indian otorhinolaryngologist. He had served as the Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences in the BJP-led NDA government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from 30 May 2019 to 7 July 2021.
what was harshvardhan’s role and the who
Dr Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Health and Family Welfare, India, was elected the Chair of World Health Organization’s Executive Board 22 May 2020.
who replaced dr harshvardhat as the chair of the who’s eb
dr patrick amoth
kenya
what is the nicd - sa
The National Institute For Communicable Diseases
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases is the national public health institute of South Africa, providing reference to microbiology, virology, epidemiology, surveillance and public health research to support the government’s response to communicable disease threats. Wikipedia
Founded: 1963
Jurisdiction: South Africa
Preceding agency: National Institute for Virology
Parent organization: National Health Laboratory Service
what can be used to detect omicron
sars cov 2 pcr diagnostics
What is a PCR Covid test?
PCR means polymerase chain reaction. It’s a test to detect genetic material from a specific organism, such as a virus. The test detects the presence of a virus if you have the virus at the time of the test.
