When the Europeans first landed in India their greatest fear was a disease. A vector borne disease that was quick in its onset and would often kill its victim – Malaria. Till the discovery of Quinine (from the bark of the Cinchona), Malaria was considered fatal. By the mid-1900s numerous other drugs were developed and…Read More
September 8, 2015
Communicable Diseases are still Prevalent
We are still having major outbreaks of communicable diseases such as dengue, chikungunya, H1N1 and swine flu. Apart from these, there are isolated reports of Japanese encephalitis and an...Read More
Dr Deepak Pawar
