Hunting for ‘Disease X’
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Showing early symptoms of hemorrhagic fever, the patient sits quietly on her bed, wrangling two toddlers desperate to flee the cell-like hospital room in Ingende, a remote town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
They are waiting for the results of a test for Ebola.
The patient can only communicate with her relatives through a clear plastic observation window. Her identity is secret, to protect her from being ostracized by locals fearful of Ebola infection. Her children have also been tested but, for now, show no symptoms.
There is a vaccine and a treatment for Ebola, which have brought down the rate at which it kills.
What is Disease X and why is everyone talking about it?
A woman recently showed symptoms of haemorrhagic fever. She was tested for Ebola and even coronavirus, but all her test reports came out to be negative. Now, scientists fear if she is suffering from Disease X . But what is Disease X? Is it some mysterious new disease? Where does it come from? Read on to know.
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UPDATED: January 22, 2021 15:24 IST
The WHO mentions Disease X on a shortlist of pathogens considered to be a blueprint priority diseases for research. (Image for representation: Getty Images)
While the coronavirus era continues to haunt the humankind, there s an unknown threat lurking deep in the forests, miles away from a city, in some corner of the world, waiting to trigger the next pandemic . It s Disease X and the X-factor of this disease is that everything about it is unknown. It is not technically a disease but is an area of research for scientists studying possibilities of the next pan
DNA Explainer: What is Disease X and how is it going to impact world?
More zoonotic diseases that can get transmitted from animals to humans could arise in the future and prove to be more fatal than Ebola and COVID-19. Disease X is in the list of viruses, which include such names as Ebola and Zika. (Image for representation: Reuters)
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Updated: Jan 14, 2021, 02:21 PM IST
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, there is an increase in the level of understanding that there are unknown threats to the humankind that can lead to the next pandemic. Disease X is representative of that unknown factor. It is not a disease technically but rather an area of research for scientists studying pandemics. A recent CNN report quoted Professor Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum, who discovered the Ebola virus in 1976, as saying that new deadly viruses were set to hit mankind.
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More lethal than COVID-19! What is Disease X?
Warning about unknown diseases, Prof. Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum cautioned that new viruses appearing from the tropical forests of Africa could spread rapidly and prove to be a threat for humanity
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Professor Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum has cautioned that humankind faces several unknown threats in the form of diseases that could blight people across the globe
A scientist who helped discover the African virus Ebola around 40 years ago has warned of new deadly viruses that could be more fatal and spread as rapidly as COVID-19.
Professor Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum has cautioned that humankind faces several unknown threats in the form of diseases that could blight people across the globe.