Propose microbiological surveillance system

• May 5, 2024

Scientists from the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav), propose to establish a system of surveillance of microbiological contamination in order to reduce the rates of respiratory infections Y stomach common in the Valley of Mexico, during the winter season. And to meet the objective, they study the quality of the air.

In addition, it has been proposed to determine the correlation between the increase of sick people and the amount of bacteria in the environment, to generate Preventive actions . He pointed to the Milenio Campus supplement, of the Milenio newspaper, Jaime García Mena , project holder and researcher of the Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The expert explained that in air of large cities may exist bioaerosols (airborne dispersions of solid or liquid particles containing biological entities), which contain biological entities such as bacteria, viruses, mites or fungal spores, which may be alive, dead and even "asleep", but being breathed can be activated and cause an infection.

This opinion adds to the multiple respiratory infections that are a tributary to low temperatures.

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