Lessons not learnt – The Hindu (Aug 26, 2017)

Lessons not learnt – The Hindu (Aug 26, 2017)

The number of influenza A (H1N1) virus cases and deaths reported from across India this year has already crossed 19,000 and 900, respectively. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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1. alarming (adjective) – worrying, disturbing, troubling.
2. undergo (verb) – go through, experience, encounter/ be subjected to.
3. mutation (noun) – a significant and basic alteration; mutant, variant.
4. virulence (noun) – severity, harmful.
5. strain (noun) – a variety of a microorganism (like bacteria) with different (mostly harmful) characteristics.
6. prevalent (adjective) – widespread, prevailing, frequent, usual.
7. pandemic (noun) – an outbreak of a disease.
8. caseload (noun) – the number of cases with which a doctor is concerned at one time.
9. mortality (noun) – (in a particular time/for a cause) the rate of death.
10. epidemiology (noun) – the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events (including disease), and the application of this study to the control of diseases and other health problems (Courtesy: WHO).
11. epidemic (noun) – outbreak; a situation in which a disease spreads quickly and affects many people (Courtesy: VOA Learning English).
12. uptake (noun) – the action of taking up or absorbing something given.
13. vaccination (noun) – treatment with a vaccine to protect against a particular disease.
14. seasonal (adjective) – repeated, recurring, chronic.
15. toll (noun) – number, count, total/sum (of deaths or casualties due to an accident, natural calamity & etc).
16. underlying (adjective) – fundamental, basic, essential.
17. ramp up (phrasal verb) – increase something.

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