The return of dengue in Guadeloupe: intensifying vector control measures
Dengue fever cases have been increasing in the last few weeks on the island of Guadeloupe. In this Infectious Thoughts interview, we...
Dengue en Guadeloupe: la lutte anti-vectorielle s'intensifie
Interview avec Joel GUSTAVE, chef du service de lutte anti vectorielle, Patrick SAINT-MARTIN, directeur du pôle de veille sanitaire et...
Dr. Abdallah Samy (Ain Shams University, Cairo): mapping the global potential distributions of two a
Dr. Abdallah Samy is a researcher based in the Entomology Department of the Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. Dr. Samy's research...
Dengue advocacy: global burden and impact of dengue (animation courtesy of Takeda Vaccines)
Dengue is a viral disease that causes approximately 500,000 hospitalizations each year worldwide and approximately half of the world’s...
Dr. Rachel Lowe (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine): modelling the impact of global e
Dr. Rachel Lowe is Assistant Professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Visiting Assistant Research Professor at...
Dr. Corinne Schuster-Wallace (University of Saskatchewan): creating an index to map vulnerability to
Dr. Corinne Schuster-Wallace is currently a water-health researcher within the Global Water Futures program and an Associate Professor in...
Regulatory approvals boost dengue prophylaxis
Two important developments have emerged in October regarding the first dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia (CYD-TDV), a live attenuated tetravalent...
Dr. Stephen Thomas (State University of New York): capturing subjective patient experience of dengue
In a recent paper published in PLOS NTDs*, a group of researchers is capturing a more thorough and realistic overview of the true burden...
Dengue, WASH and new models of collaboration in an era of climate change
Climate change has made a great impact on dengue and other vector-borne disease Technology is now allowing for greater collaboration...
Dengue returns to Spain: first autochthonous cases in the south of the country
On 4 October 2018, the Spanish National Reference Laboratory for Arboviruses confirmed two locally acquired dengue cases in Spain; while...
