Dengue Virus News Gathered from News-Medical.Net
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Study: Socioeconomics influences mosquito-borne disease risk in Baltimore
Oct 16, 2019 | 22:44 pmLow-income urban neighborhoods not only have more mosquitoes, but they are larger-bodied, indicating that they could be more efficient at transmitting diseases. So reports a Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies-led study, published in the Journal of Medical Entomology, investigating how socioeconomics influences mosquito-borne disease risk in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Mutations in specific protein make dengue virus resistant to vaccines and therapeutics
Sep 20, 2019 | 22:31 pmDengue virus infects about 400 million people annually around the world, with a high prevalence in tropical and sub-tropical regions.
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Philippines declares return of Polio after 19 years
Sep 20, 2019 | 07:30 amThe eradication of polio or poliomyelitis has been a success story for many countries across the globe, including the Philippines. For nearly two decades, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the country’s Department of Health (DOH) declared the nation polio-free, thanks to immunization programs and efforts.
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Low blood iron levels increase risk of Dengue
Sep 17, 2019 | 23:06 pmThe more anemic you are, the more likely it is that you could spread dengue fever because mosquitoes feeding on your blood have a greater chance of picking up the virus. This was reported by a new study published in the journal Nature Microbiology on September 16, 2019.
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Dengue fever is endemic in places where iron deficiency is more common
Sep 16, 2019 | 21:10 pmMosquitoes are more likely to acquire the dengue virus when they feed on blood with low levels of iron, researchers report in the 16 September issue of Nature Microbiology.
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Researchers analyze people’s initial immune response to dengue fever
Aug 29, 2019 | 15:04 pmResearchers have come one step closer to understanding how our immune system responds to acute dengue fever, a disease that has affected hundreds of thousands of people in Southeast Asia this summer alone.
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Promising new strategy to treat severe dengue disease on the horizon
Aug 28, 2019 | 04:49 amResearchers led by Duke-NUS Medical School have discovered that tryptase, an enzyme in human cells that acts like scissors to cut up nearby proteins, is responsible for blood vessel leakage in severe dengue hemorrhagic fever.
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Public health officials unprepared for magnitude of heat waves and climate-related diseases
Aug 23, 2019 | 08:17 amAn epidemic of chronic kidney disease that has killed tens of thousands of agricultural workers worldwide, is just one of many ailments poised to strike as a result of climate change, according to researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
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Thymol antimicrobial in corn starch can help fight mosquito-borne diseases
Aug 7, 2019 | 16:36 pmThe Aedes aegypti mosquito is the major vector for many urban arboviruses, which can cause serious conditions such as dengue fever, Zika virus, Chikungunya, and yellow fever. Now, researchers have developed a cheap but effective larvicide using cornstarch.
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Mosquitoes change their hunting routines in response to host cues
Jul 23, 2019 | 08:26 amScientists have found that mosquitoes are changing their hunting routines in response to host cues. For example, in Africa, mosquitoes now recognize when people emerge from bednets in the morning and have begun hunting more often during the day than at night.
