- by Alison
A naturally-occurring bacteria, Wolbachia can be found in around 60% of insect species, including some types of mosquito. Wolbachia, however, it is not usually found in the Aedes aegypti mosquito. But artificially infecting an Aedes population with Wolbachia reduces the mosquitoes’ ability to transmit dengue…
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- by Gary Finnegan
Health authorities in the Paraná State of Brazil are embarking on the third stage of a public dengue immunization program targeting individuals 9-44 years of age, the first public initiative of its kind in the Americas. The community-based vaccination campaign began on September 20 and…
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- by Alison
Dengue in Cambodia is endemic all year round. But budgets are tight. For some time, The World Health Organization (WHO) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) have been helping the authorities search for a cost-effective and sustainable way to tackle dengue in Cambodia. A more recent…
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- by Alison
Flooding last year and the arrival of a new serotype: the lethal combination behind this year’s dengue outbreak in Sri Lanka – the worst outbreak the country has ever seen. This Sri Lanka dengue outbreak has affected 15 out of Sri Lanka’s 25 districts, which…
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- by Alison
We don’t yet have a clear picture of the true burden of dengue. It could be 58 million cases a year. It could be double that number. It could be half that number. We just don’t know. But understanding the true burden of the disease…
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- by Alison
Lying in the northernmost region of Queensland in North East Australia, the city of Cairns is no stranger to dengue. This gateway to the Great Barrier Reef has seen almost 40 outbreaks and more than two thousand cases since 2000, including more than 900 cases…
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- by Gary Finnegan
New online medical training module explores the role of vaccine in dengue protection For people living in, or traveling to, areas affected by dengue fever, protection is vital. The most effective ways to reduce the risk of infection have, for decades, been the use of…
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- by Marian Blondeel
To mark ASEAN Dengue Day 2017, we speak to two leading experts in the region about the challenge of controlling this vector-borne disease What is dengue and how does it spread? Sergio Lopes, Malaria Consortium Cambodia Country Technical Coordinator: Dengue is a disease caused by…
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- by Alison
Dengue outbreaks in Argentina have prompted authorities to engage communities in local mosquito control. After major outbreaks in 1998, 2009 and 2016, the people of Argentina are all too familiar with dengue fever. The 2016 outbreak saw 7,000 cases reported in Buenos Aires and inspired…
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- by Alison
The Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu is no stranger to dengue; the country has experienced five major dengue outbreaks since 1970. In January this year, local authorities called on the Vanuatu Red Cross Society (VRCS) to help curb what was turning into a very significant…
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