- by breakdengue
An innovative research program at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore is using digital communication technologies to boost efforts by authorities and citizens in the fight against dengue. Known as Mo-Buzz, the system uses modern mobile technologies to improve the efficiency of dengue surveillance…
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For the people of Singapore, 2013 was the worst year on record for dengue with more than 22,000 cases reported throughout the year. At its peak in June more than 800 cases were being reported each week, and though this came down to around 400…
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As a physician working on the control of infectious diseases for the past 23 years, I have seen first-hand the suffering dengue fever can cause, including to my own son. Currently, Dengue is spreading to wider geographical areas and as it reemerges across the globe,…
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Across the Asia Pacific region, 2013 was one of the worst years for dengue, with a number of countries seeing a more than two-fold increase in reported cases and deaths compared to 2012 in some nations. All four serotypes are now circulating in many countries…
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Just a month after declaring March National Clean-Up Campaign month, Fiji’s Health Ministry reported that the number of suspected cases had leveled off, whereas a single week in February had seen 1,200 new cases. Fiji’s dengue outbreak began in December 2013 and by the end…
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In our earlier blog post we described how a laboratory in the UK has developed a genetically modified male mosquito which could help stop the spread of dengue. With extensive research in the lab and numerous field trials, this technology is now in operational use…
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- by breakdengue
August 20 is World Mosquito Day, a celebration of the work of British doctor Sir Ronald Ross who discovered that female mosquitoes (of the Anopheles genus) were responsible for transmitting the malarial parasite. His pioneering work is marked every year by a series of events…
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- by breakdengue
In 1897, a British doctor named Sir Ronald Ross made a game-changing discovery which ultimately led to smarter ways to prevent dengue fever – even if that wasn’t his primary intention at the time. Born in India, Ross had become fascinated by malaria, a disease…
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A laboratory in the UK has taken a novel approach to helping reduce the spread of dengue: developing a genetically modified male mosquito whose offspring should in theory never reach maturity. Dengue is only spread through bites from the female of its primary vector, the…
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- by breakdengue
Because they are so vast in number, catching mosquitoes isn’t an easy (or cheap) task. In Singapore, the National Environment Agency has come up with one low-cost means of stopping mosquitoes – Gravitraps. These cylinders, containing hay-infused water, attract female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes searching for…
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