{"id":55373,"date":"2025-07-17T12:09:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T06:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=55373"},"modified":"2025-07-17T13:17:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T07:47:26","slug":"aspergillosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/aspergillosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Aspergillosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Aspergillosis Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In recent times, the blue rock pigeon \u2014 also known as Columba livia \u2014 has found itself at the center of a growing controversy due to presumed aspergillosis disease carriers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Aspergillosis<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is an infection <\/span><b>caused by Aspergillus \u2014 a genus of mold<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that includes hundreds of species.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Transmission of Aspergillosis<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most common culprit in infections is <\/span><b>Aspergillus fumigatus<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a fungus that produces tiny airborne spores.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These spores, when inhaled in large quantities, can cause respiratory illness, especially in individuals with <\/span><b>weakened immune systems, preexisting lung conditions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or prolonged exposure to dusty, moldy environments.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aspergillus is ubiquitous and found in soil, decaying vegetation, compost, dust, old building materials, air-conditioning systems, bird droppings, and even in grain and spices.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It thrives in damp and poorly ventilated areas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>not contagious<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> i.e it will not spread from person to person.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Symptoms of Aspergillosis<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It causes different types of infections with some differences in symptoms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Cough and shortness of breath<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are common symptoms among all types of aspergillosis. Some types of infections cause <\/span><b>nasal congestion, headache, fatigue, and coughing up blood.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Treatment: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Treatment depends on the type of infection and includes <\/span><b>antifungal medications<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> like <\/span><b>voriconazole or itraconazole.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/nation\/2025\/Jul\/16\/dont-blame-the-pigeons-for-aspergillosis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>NIE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aspergillosis is an infection caused by Aspergillus, a common mold with many species, affecting the lungs and other organs, especially in immunocompromised people. Read more about  Aspergillosis, Causes, Transmission, Symptoms, Treatment, News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":55361,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1607,21,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-55373","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-aspergillosis","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}