- by Alison
2020 is already turning out to be another terrible year for dengue. The Pan America Health Organization is reporting all four dengue serotypes circulating in Guatemala, Mexico, Columbia and Brazil, significantly increasing the risk of severe infections. We recently explored why the ideal dengue vaccine…
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- by Alison
What’s behind Brazil’s 2019 dengue? Brazil is facing one of its worst dengue outbreaks in recent years. During the first six months of 2019, case numbers have risen to seven times those seen during the same period in 2018. Fatalities, meanwhile, are six times higher.…
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- by Gary Finnegan
eBarometer is an actionable predictive tool to provide users in the field with relevant alerts of possible dengue outbreaks. It is enriched with toolkits to efficiently react to these alerts. This enables key actors to set up action plans early enough to help reduce dengue…
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- by Alison
The threat of dengue in Europe has become a reality. At the tail end of 2018, autochthonous dengue cases appeared in Spain and France, and its vector, Aedes albopictus, has spread ever further north and was recently reported in Eindhoven. The lesser-known and less capable…
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- by Gary Finnegan
Diagnosing dengue has become a major research focus follow calls from the WHO for point-of-care testing to be used prior to dengue vaccination. The World Health Organisation’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on immunization has proposed that people be tested to see if they…
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- by Alison
We’ve talked a lot recently about the dengue vaccine, but treatments for dengue have also been making significant progress over recent years. Let’s take a brief look at three treatments for dengue, each at a different stage of development. NGI-1: inhibiting access to resources Researchers…
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- by Gary Finnegan
Zarah Caraan was working in Manila with AIESEC, the youth leadership movement when she had an encounter with a mosquito. What happened next left her with the first-hand experience of dengue in Davao – but hasn’t dimmed her wanderlust ‘I had a weekend off so…
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- by Alison
With no known cure for dengue fever, many people turn to dengue home remedies in the hope these will cure them more quickly. But traditional dengue home remedies aren’t the answer. Dr. Professor Pratit Samdani, Honorary Associate Professor of Medicine and Head of the Medicine…
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- by Alison
New dengue treatments are required to keep up with the evolving dengue threat, which some fear could hit Europe and the US. As the Asian tiger mosquito spreads the disease to colder climes, the co-founders of Effecta Pharma explain their efforts to tackle the problem…
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- by Alison
Getting the right test, at the right time, to the right population is key to effective dengue control Five years ago, Honduran Yensi Flores experienced the worst dengue epidemic she had ever known. Her determination to help her countrymen led to GlowDx – a new…
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