Tackling dengue in Pakistan: an Infectious Thoughts interview
Dengue infections are soaring to record highs this month in Pakistan, a country used to frequent and severe dengue outbreaks, as numbers...
Unprecedented dengue in Nepal: Myths & Misunderstandings
Since August this year, over 9,000 people from 65 of Nepal’s 77 districts have been diagnosed with dengue, including six patients who...
Country experience: dengue in Ethiopia
My name is Yibeltal Akelew and I'm from the Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology School of Biomedical and Laboratory Science,...
Takeda opens new dengue vaccine manufacturing plant in Singen, Germany
In November this year, the Japanese pharmaceutical firm Takeda inaugurated its first dengue vaccine manufacturing plant in Singen,...
Assessing the repellent efficacy of essential oils
Environmental management and protection from insect bites remain some of the main strategies shared with communities to prevent...
Understanding patient mobility patterns to tackle dengue transmission
The mosquito species that can transmit dengue tend to remain close to their breeding sites and have low mobility - comparatively, the...
In the frontline: Disease Control Agents' role, an insight from Brazil
Vector control and environmental management are crucial aspects of dengue control, with professionals in the field delivering these...
A web-GIS approach to mapping dengue outbreaks
Dengue fever was first recorded in Pakistan in 1982, with about a dozen cases confirmed. The disease has been spreading in scope and...
Mosquito control: targeting breeding sites using street view images
In addition to personal protection against mosquito bites and the chemical control of mosquitoes and their larvae, the removal of common...
First case of autochthonous dengue near Lyon, France
This week, French health authorities including the local Agence Régionale de Santé Auvergne Rhône-Alpes have confirmed the first case of...
