Dengue Fever

  • Research Targets West Nile Virus and Dengue Fever
    Research conducted at the University of Queensland could contribute to the development of a vaccine and cure for West Nile virus and Dengue fever. Led by associate professor Alexander Khromykh, a team of researchers from UQ's School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences ...More
    December 11, 2008
    Posted in News
  • New Report Finds Rising Risk of Infectious Diseases in U.S.
    WASHINGTON – The Trust for America's Health (TFAH) released a new report today, “Germs Go Global: Why Emerging Infectious Diseases Are a Threat to America,” which finds that at least 170,000 Americans die annually from newly emerging and re-emerging ...More
    October 30, 2008
    Posted in News
  • Purdue Biologists Discover How Dengue Virus Matures, Becomes Infectious
    By Emil Venere Biologists at PurdueUniversity have determined why dengue virus particles undergo structural changes as they mature in host cells and how the changes are critical for enabling the virus to infect new host cells. The findings pertain to all viruses in the ...More
    March 28, 2008
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  • NIAID Experts See Dengue as Potential Threat to U.S. Public Health
    A disease most Americans have never heard of could soon become more prevalent if dengue, a flu-like illness that can turn deadly, continues to expand into temperate climates and increase in severity, according to a new commentary by Anthony S. Fauci, MD, director of the ...More
    January 9, 2008
    Posted in News
  • Biologist Hopes Mosquito Can Break Viral Chain
    Most people do their best to avoid mosquitoes. But this summer Rollie Clem will play the wary host to his own homegrown swarm of Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito. He's made a room ready for them, and even a menu. "Sheep's blood or cow's blood," said Clem, an ...More
    May 29, 2007
    Posted in News
  • Severe Dengue Infections May Go Unrecognized in International Travelers
    Severe cases of a common travelers' infection may not be recognized if doctors rely on the World Health Organization's (WHO) guidelines for identifying it, according to a new study published in the April 15 issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases, now available online. ...More
    March 26, 2007
    Posted in News
  • Dengue Virus Reveals Its Circular Secret
    The first step in the transmission of mosquito-borne viruses is no mystery; it’s the pesky insect’s bite that allows the virus to enter its victim’s bloodstream. But for some of the most dangerous insect-borne viruses, details of what happens next have been unclear. In a ...More
    August 2, 2006
    Posted in News
  • Biologists Visualize Protein Interaction That May Initiate Viral Infection
    This composite image depicts a "snapshot" of a Velcro-like protein on a cell's surface just after it attached to the dengue virus, a linkup thought to initiate the early stages of infection. The virus, which is spread by mosquitoes, infects more than 50 million people ...More
    February 10, 2006
    Posted in News
  • Mosquito Control Strategy Proves Successful Against Dengue Fever
    More than 380,000 people have been protected from dengue fever in Vietnam thanks to the implementation of a novel strategy to control mosquitoes in the country, concludes a report in this week’s issue of The Lancet. Dengue fever is the most common insect-borne virus ...More
    February 11, 2005
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  • Mosquito Control Strategy Proves Successful Against Dengue Fever
    Over 380,000 people have been protected from dengue fever in Vietnam thanks to the implementation of a novel strategy to control mosquitoes in the country, concludes a report in this week’s issue of The Lancet. Dengue fever is the most common insect-borne virus infection, ...More
    February 10, 2005
    Posted in News
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