Welcome to Dengue Virus Net
Dengue Virus Net is the web resource for anyone interested in dengue. Dengue is a mosquito-borne infection that causes a severe flu-like illness (dengue fever), and sometimes a potentially lethal complication called dengue haemorrhagic fever. Global incidence of dengue has grown dramatically in recent decades. About two fifths of the world's population are now at risk. Dengue is found in tropical and sub-tropical climates worldwide, mostly in urban and semi-urban areas. Dengue is transmitted to humans by the Aedes aegypti or more rarely the Aedes albopictus mosquito, which feed during the day. Dengue haemorrhagic fever is a leading cause of serious illness and death among children in some Asian countries. A vaccine for dengue fever has been approved by the FDA in May 2019 and is commercially available in a number of countries.
The objectives of Dengue Virus Net are to be the public and professional information resource for dengue and to serve as a network in the exchange of information and news related to dengue.
Dengue News and Headlines
- Dengue Fever and Zika Virus Make Humans More Attractive to Mosquitoes - Smithsonian Magazine
Thu, 30 Jun 2022 15:00 GMT - New bacteria to take on dengue, zika | Mint - Mint
Wed, 06 Jul 2022 17:38 GMT - Vietnam: Elevated dengue fever activity reported nationwide during 2022 - Crisis24
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 02:17 GMT - Emergex Vaccines teams up with Brazilian institute on Dengue vaccine candidate - BioPharma-Reporter.com
Mon, 04 Jul 2022 07:46 GMT - Singapore's dengue 'emergency' is a climate change omen for the world - CNN
Mon, 06 Jun 2022 07:00 GMT - 5 Things We Now Know About the Tropical Disease Dengue - Johnson & Johnson
Thu, 23 Jun 2022 07:00 GMT - NCR logs 3,975 dengue cases - Philstar.com
Wed, 06 Jul 2022 16:00 GMT - Takeda's data readies first dengue travel shot for approval - FierceBiotech
Thu, 09 Jun 2022 07:00 GMT - Laos: Elevated dengue fever activity nationwide through June 2022 - Crisis24
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 09:21 GMT - Malaria and dengue cases on rise in Mumbai, further spike likely: doctors - The Indian Express
Tue, 05 Jul 2022 22:02 GMT - Dengue Vaccine: What Pharmacists Need to Know - Pharmacy Times
Mon, 27 Jun 2022 07:00 GMT - Singapore: Health officials report elevated dengue fever activity nationwide through June /update 3 - Crisis24
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 04:33 GMT - Vietnam reports more than 52,000 dengue fever cases, Increasing day by day - Outbreak News Today - Outbreak News Today
Tue, 14 Jun 2022 07:00 GMT - ‘Surveillance underway to control dengue’ - The Nation
Tue, 05 Jul 2022 22:06 GMT - Dengue threat: Zonal entomologist conducts inspection in Ludhiana - Hindustan Times
Wed, 06 Jul 2022 17:38 GMT
Latest Dengue Posts on ProMED-mail
- PRO/AH/EDR> Invasive mosquito - France (03): (BT)
Mon, 06 Sep 2021 21:28:53 -0400
Yellow Fever, Zika virus, Dengue, Chikungunya -- France
A potentially deadly mosquito that can carry viruses such as yellow fever and Zika has been spotted in Brittany, northern France, sparking fears they may soon land on British shores. Asian tiger mosquitoes [_Aedes albopictus_] have been confirmed to be in the commune of Domagne in the department of Ile-et-Vilaine in western Brittany.
Health authorities are preparing an intensive campaign to rid the area of the insects with strong insecticides.
The creatures were 1st seen in France in the
Latest Articles on Dengue
- Author Correction: In vivo pair correlation microscopy reveals dengue virus capsid protein nucleocytoplasmic bidirectional movement in mammalian infected cells Tue, 05 Jul 2022 06:00:00 -0400
No abstract - Postoperative dengue haemorrhagic shock and Trichosporon fungal sepsis: a multidisciplinary rescue Tue, 05 Jul 2022 06:00:00 -0400
A woman in her 30s had robotic pyeloplasty done for right ureteropelvic junction obstruction. Incidentally she developed dengue viral fever starting on postoperative day 1 itself, which progressed to dengue haemorrhagic shock by 1 week, complicating pyeloplasty due to pelvicalyceal haematoma. Dengue associated shock was superimposed with subsequent gram-negative bacterial sepsis, further complicated later with Trichosporon fungal sepsis. She was managed under multidisciplinary care, involving... - Perspectives and lessons from the Philippines' decades-long battle with dengue Tue, 05 Jul 2022 06:00:00 -0400
No abstract - The epidemiology and disease burden of children hospitalized for viral infections within the family Flaviviridae in China: A national cross-sectional study Tue, 05 Jul 2022 06:00:00 -0400
CONCLUSION: First, the present study reveals that JE remains the most serious disease due to Flaviviridae virus infection and threatens children's health in China. Many pediatric patients have severe illnesses, but their mortality rate is lower, suggesting that existing treatment is effective. Both JEV vaccination and infection control of rural children should represent a focus of study. Second, although the dual risks of indigenous epidemics and imports of DENV still exist, the prevalence of... - Larvicidal Activity of Two Rutaceae Plant Essential Oils and Their Constituents Against Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Multiple Formulations Tue, 05 Jul 2022 06:00:00 -0400
Aedes albopictus (Skuse) is a vector of several arboviruses, such as dengue, chikungunya, West Nile, and Zika viruses. At present, the use of synthetic insecticides is the main vector control strategy. However, the widespread and long-term use of insecticides has aroused several problems, including insecticide resistance, environmental pollution, and non-target species effects, thereby encouraging researchers to search for new alternatives derived from natural products. In recent decades,... - Dengue and COVID-19: two sides of the same coin Tue, 05 Jul 2022 06:00:00 -0400
CONCLUSION: While there are many similarities between dengue and SARS-CoV-2 infection, there are also key differences especially in long-term disease sequelae. Therefore, it would be important to study the parallels between the immunopathogenesis of both infections for development of more effective vaccines and therapeutic interventions. - Mucosal Vaccination: A Promising Alternative Against Flaviviruses Tue, 05 Jul 2022 06:00:00 -0400
The Flaviviridae are a family of positive-sense, single-stranded RNA enveloped viruses, and their members belong to a single genus, Flavivirus. Flaviviruses are found in mosquitoes and ticks; they are etiological agents of: dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis, West Nile virus infection, Zika virus infection, tick-borne encephalitis, and yellow fever, among others. Only a few flavivirus vaccines have been licensed for use in humans: yellow fever, dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis, tick-borne... - Abnormal Blood Bacteriome, Gut Dysbiosis, and Progression to Severe Dengue Disease Tue, 05 Jul 2022 06:00:00 -0400
Despite a well-known association between gut barrier defect (leaky gut) and several diseases, data on translocation of pathogen molecules, including bacterial DNA (blood bacteriome), lipopolysaccharide (LPS), and serum (1→3)-β-D-glucan (BG), from the gut to the blood circulation (gut translocation) in dengue are still less studied. Perhaps, dengue infection might induce gut translocation of several pathogenic molecules that affect the disease severity. At the enrollment, there were 31 dengue... - Heterogeneity in IgG-CD16 signaling in infectious disease outcomes Tue, 05 Jul 2022 06:00:00 -0400
In this review, we discuss how IgG antibodies can modulate inflammatory signaling during viral infections with a focus on CD16a-mediated functions. We describe the structural heterogeneity of IgG antibody ligands, including subclass and glycosylation that impact binding by and downstream activity of CD16a, as well as the heterogeneity of CD16a itself, including allele and expression density. While inflammation is a mechanism required for immune homeostasis and resolution of acute infections, we... - A high-throughput yeast display approach to profile pathogen proteomes for MHC-II binding Tue, 05 Jul 2022 06:00:00 -0400
T cells play a critical role in the adaptive immune response, recognizing peptide antigens presented on the cell surface by Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) proteins. While assessing peptides for MHC binding is an important component of probing these interactions, traditional assays for testing peptides of interest for MHC binding are limited in throughput. Here we present a yeast display-based platform for assessing the binding of tens of thousands of user-defined peptides in a high...