Infection Control Today - Dengue Fever

Human Clinical Trial of Dengue Vaccine Begins

After more than a decade of development at the National Institutes of Health, a vaccine to prevent infection by the mosquito-borne dengue virus has begun human clinical testing. ...More

August 10, 2010

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Dengue Fever, Insect-Borne Infections Emerging as Public Health Problem

Several cases of dengue fever, a potentially fatal viral disease transmitted by the bite of urban dwelling Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, have recently been reported in the continental United States. ...More

July 27, 2010

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How to Avoid Dengue Fever Infection

After 75 years of absence, dengue fever has returned to certain parts of Florida, and dozens of cases have been reported this year. ...More

July 21, 2010

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Nearly 5 Percent of Key West Population Exposed to Dengue Virus

An estimated 5 percent of the Key West, Fla., population -- more than 1,000 people -- showed evidence of recent exposure to dengue virus in 2009, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Florida Department of Health. ...More

July 13, 2010

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Healthcare Volunteers and Disasters: First, Be Prepared

A surge in volunteers following a major disaster can overwhelm a response system, and without overall coordination, can actually make a situation worse instead of better. The outpouring of medical volunteers who responded to the devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti in ...More

February 24, 2010

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NIAID Announces New Human Immunology Research Awards to Help Fight Emerging Infectious Diseases

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has awarded approximately $208 million to two programs that support research to better understand the human immune response to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, including those that may be ...More

November 6, 2009

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Developing Drugs for Neglected Diseases

Researchers from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) have developed Distributed Drug Discovery (D3), a new low-cost strategy to accelerate the discovery of drugs to treat neglected diseases such as tuberculosis, leprosy, leshmaniasis, dengue fever and ...More

June 15, 2009

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Dengue Fever Costs Billions in Healthcare, Lost Productivity and Absenteeism

Researchers at BrandeisUniversity, in collaboration with several other institutions worldwide, have pinpointed for the first time the multi-country economic costs of dengue fever, the endemic and epidemic mosquito-borne illness that is a rapidly growing public health ...More

May 7, 2009

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New Highly Sensitive Method May Offer Early Detection of Dengue Virus

A new highly sensitive method may offer early diagnosis of dengue virus infection by detecting the viral components, such as RNA. The researchers from Gen-Probe Incorporated of San Diego and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report their findings in the ...More

April 21, 2009

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New Test May Help to Ensure that Dengue Vaccines Do No Harm

As vaccines against a virus that infects 100 million people annually reach late-stage clinical trials this year, researchers have developed a test to better predict whether a given vaccine candidate should protect patients from the infection, or in some cases, make it more ...More

February 12, 2009

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