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First Genome-Wide Association Study for Dengue Identifies Candidate Susceptibility Genes

Researchers in South East Asia have identified two genetic variants associated with increased susceptibility to severe dengue. The study, funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Agency for Science, Technology, and Research, Singapore, offers clues to how the body responds to ...More

October 17, 2011

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Small Molecule Hobbles Dengue In Vitro and In Vivo

A novel compound inhibits dengue virus, as well as other closely related important human pathogens. The research is published in the September 2011 issue of the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Dengue virus causes an estimated about 50 million infections ...More

September 19, 2011

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Common Bacterium Stops Mosquitoes from Transmitting Dengue Virus

Strains of a bacterium commonly found in fruit flies can prevent the Aedes aegypti mosquito from transmitting the virus that causes dengue fever, researchers have found. Their discovery could lead to a more effective way to control dengue worldwide. North Carolina State ...More

August 24, 2011

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New Disease Modeling Grants Target Dengue, TB, Other Infections

Dengue fever, tuberculosis and H1N1 influenza are tough competitors to face in a fight. Each can infect large populations quickly, making public health responses difficult to target and implement in time. Bacteria and viruses have sneezes, coughs and rapidly replicating DNA ...More

August 15, 2011

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Internet Search Queries Can Help Monitor Epidemics, Could Quicken Public Health Response

Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston and Google.org have found web-based search data to be a viable source of information for early detection and monitoring of outbreaks of dengue, an emerging mosquito-borne virus found in tropical areas of the world. Because search ...More

May 31, 2011

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Researchers Identify New Cell That Attacks Dengue Virus

Mast cells, which can help the body respond to bacteria and pathogens, also apparently sound the alarm around viruses delivered by a mosquito bite, according to researchers at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School in Singapore. "It appears the mast cells are activated and ...More

May 17, 2011

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FDA Permits Marketing of First Test to Help Diagnose Dengue Fever

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces it has allowed marketing of the first test to help diagnose people with signs and symptoms of dengue fever or dengue hemorrhagic fever, a leading cause of illness and death in the tropics and subtropics. The dengue virus is ...More

April 14, 2011

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Team Uncovers Dengue Fever Virus' Molecular Secrets

Researchers at the Instituto de Medicina Molecular in Lisbon, Portugal and the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, are making major strides toward understanding the life cycle of flaviviruses, which include some of the most virulent human ...More

March 8, 2011

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Key Regulatory Issues for Dengue Vaccine Development

In this week's PLoS Medicine, Richard Mahoney and colleagues discuss two recent meetings convened by the Pediatric Dengue Vaccine Initiative and the Developing Countries' Vaccine Regulators Network on regulatory issues that need to be addressed before licensing dengue ...More

February 23, 2011

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First Study Estimates Economic Impact of Dengue Illness in Americas at $2.1 Billion Per Year

The first assessment of the total cost of dengue illness in the Americas reveals the economic burden to be approximately $2.1 billion per year, exceeding that from other viral illnesses including human papillomavirus (HPV) and rotavirus. Results of the study conducted by ...More

February 3, 2011

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