News articles tagged with 'dengue'
Team uncovers dengue fever virus' molecular secrets
— 9 Mar 2011 18:56 | HealthResearchers 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…
Brandeis study shows economic impact of dengue virus in Americas
— 8 Feb 2011 16:33 | HealthDengue illness, the most common mosquito-borne viral disease in the world, has expanded from its Southeast Asian origins and is resurgent in countries such as Argentina, Chile and the…
Mosquito monitoring saves lives and money, analysis finds
— 27 Oct 2010 11:05 | HealthCutting surveillance for mosquito-borne diseases would likely translate into an exponential increase in both the number of human cases and the health costs when a disease outbreak occurs,…
Report suggests nearly 5 percent exposed to dengue virus in Key West
— 14 Jul 2010 10:22 | HealthAn estimated 5 percent of the Key West, Fla., population - over 1,000 people - showed evidence of recent exposure to dengue virus in 2009, according to a report from the Centres for…
New understanding of dengue fever could help with vaccine
— 7 May 2010 12:22 | HealthSome of the human immune system's defences against the virus that causes dengue fever actually help the virus to infect more cells, according to new research published today in the…
MSU scientists find bacterium can halt dengue virus transmission
— 2 Apr 2010 13:16 | HealthDengue fever - caused by a virus transmitted by mosquitoes - threatens 2.5 billion people each year and there is no vaccine or treatment. New research by Michigan State University entomologists…
New way to control disease-spreading mosquitoes: Make them hold their urine
— 20 Mar 2010 14:23 | HealthCornell researchers have found a protein that may lead to a new way to control mosquitoes that spread dengue fever, yellow fever and other diseases when they feed on humans: Prevent…
Flightless mosquitoes developed to help control dengue fever
— 23 Feb 2010 11:49 | HealthA new strain of mosquitoes in which females cannot fly may help curb the transmission of dengue fever, according to UC Irvine and British scientists…
Researchers find human protein that prevents H1N1 influenza infection
— 18 Dec 2009 15:56 | HealthHoward Hughes Medical Institute researchers have identified a naturally occurring human protein that helps prevent infection by H1N1 influenza and other viruses, including West Nile…
Climate variability and dengue incidence
— 16 Nov 2009 10:55 | HealthResearch published this week in PLoS Medicine demonstrates associations between local rainfall and temperature and cases of dengue fever, which affects an estimated fifty million people…