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Neelam Arshad.

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Winter season provides favorable conditions for certain pathogens and causes different infectious diseases in humans. These infectious diseases include respiratory tract infections, gastrointestinal infections, and bacterial infections. The causative agent of the well-known COVID-19 pandemic (coronavirus) flourished in the winter season. Many seasonal variations are cyclic and cause the peak incidence, transmission, and spread of these infectious diseases from person to person. Many factors are responsible for their rapid spread including increased indoor activity, poor ventilation, vitamin D deficiency, weakened immune system, host anti-viral mechanisms, and climate change. Early detection and optimization of preventive strategies e.g., routine vaccination, proper ventilation, boosting the immune system, etc. are necessary to prevent outbreaks of these infectious diseases.

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