• Manaal Tariq

COVID-19, a disease caused by the SARS COV-II virus has had alarmingly high transmission rates and cases in the past. In most places, they have reached up to a certain high value and then fallen back down. In this paper, we analyze some trends in the number of COVID cases in different countries (India and Thailand as examples) to contrast the transmission with the process of quorum sensing in bacteria wherein bacteria alter their gene expression in response to a signal on reaching a particular population density. Although quorum sensing is exclusively a bacterial phenomenon, here we analyze some potential similarities and substances that could serve as the link and could justify the idea of quorum sensing in viruses. Do note that this is simply an untested idea which I have researched thoroughly to provide an insight into the possibility of merging two disparate systems.

Quorum sensing, COVID-19, Bacteria

"Analyzing The Possibility of Quorum Sensing in SARS COV-II", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 10, page no.d886-d890, October-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2110399.pdf

"Analyzing The Possibility of Quorum Sensing in SARS COV-II", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 10, page no. ppd886-d890, October-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2110399.pdf