Live from Geneva: Q & A on #Dengue
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 8/14/2019.
This 25-minute video features live responses from an expert to questions about dengue, which is transmitted through Aedes aegypti and Aedes Albopictus mosquitoes, also known as Asian tiger mosquitoes. These are the same mosquitoes that transmit chikungunya, yellow fever, and Zika. Topics include identifying the warning signs and symptoms of severe dengue, and complications caused by dengue.
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Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - August 14, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
The Dengue Dance?
Discussion
Dengue is an important arboviral infection that affects about 40% of the world population. It is found mainly in topical and subtropical areas of the world mainly in developing countries but it range is spreading including the United States. A review of common arboviruses can be found here. It is a flaviavirus with 4 distinct serotypes named DENV-1 through DENV-4 and is spread by A. aegypti a day biting mosquito. Infection with one serotype confers immunity to that serotype but not the others. It does offer some protection for cross-infection but this only lasts a few months. Incubation period is 3-14 days with ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - July 29, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Using Big Data to Monitor Chikungunya Using Big Data to Monitor Chikungunya
What potential value could big data bring to the field of public health? In this case, it helps to provide insight into chikungunya outbreaks in Europe.Emerging Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - July 19, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
Africa: Leishmaniasis Needs More Attention - It Causes Skin Lesions, and Can Kill
[The Conversation Africa] Leishmaniasis ranks on the World Health Organisation's list of neglected tropical diseases, along with the usual suspects such as dengue, chikungunya and rabies. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 18, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Sudan: Chikungunya Outbreak in Red Sea State - 73 Stricken
[Radio Dabanga] Jabeit -Sudanese medical sources have reported an outbreak of the mosquito-borne chikungunya fever in Jebeit in Red Sea state. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 18, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Chinese Scientists Cut Local Numbers of Dangerous Mosquito by 94%
WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2019 -- Some mosquitoes spread diseases to humans through their bite, passing along harmful pathogens like Zika, dengue fever, West Nile virus and chikungunya.
Now humans are turning the tables, infecting these dangerous... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - July 17, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Regional Plan of Action 2019 −2023 for Implementation of the Global Vector Control Response 2017−2030
Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean. Published: 7/2019.
This 35-page action plan was developed to assist the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region in strengthening their capacity and capability for effective, locally-adaptive, and sustainable vector control interventions for vector-borne disease control, including response to outbreaks, epidemics, and humanitarian crises, with the aim of reducing the burden and threat of such diseases in the region. The region has witnessed outbreaks of emerging and re-emerging vector-borne diseases such as dengue and chikungunya.
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Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - July 1, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Snapshot of chikungunya could lead to drugs, vaccines for viral arthritis
(Washington University School of Medicine) A team at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has snapped high-resolution pictures of chikungunya virus latched onto a protein found on the surface of cells in the joints. The structures, published May 9, 2019 in the journal Cell, shows in atomic-level detail how the virus and cell-surface protein fit together -- data that promises to accelerate efforts to design drugs and vaccines to prevent or treat arthritis caused by chikungunya or related viruses. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - June 3, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news
New framework helps gauge impact of mosquito control programs
(PLOS) Effective methods of controlling mosquito populations are needed to help lower the worldwide burden of mosquito-borne diseases including Zika, chikungunya, and dengue. Now, researchers reporting in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases have described a new statistical framework that can be used to assess mosquito control programs over broad time and space scales. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - May 30, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Public Health Confronts the Mosquito: Developing Sustainable State and Local Mosquito Control Programs; Second Edition
Source: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO). Published: 5/21/2019.
This 72-page document, updated from the 2005 edition, provides guidance to assist local, state, and territorial mosquito control programs in developing and maintaining effective mosquito control programs. The rapid spread of West Nile virus (WNV) and the emergence of other viruses such as dengue, chikungunya, and Zika in the United States and its territories, demonstrates the continuing need for organized mosquito control activities. Guidance is organized into four sections: Understanding the roles of government and nongovernmenta...
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - May 21, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Chikungunya – Congo (The)
On 9 February 2019, the government of Congo officially declared an outbreak of chikungunya virus disease. (Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks)
Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks - May 1, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: news Source Type: news
Chikungunya – Congo
On 9 February 2019, the government of Congo officially declared an outbreak of chikungunya virus disease. (Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks)
Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks - May 1, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: news Source Type: news
European experts sound alarm as mosquito- and tick-borne diseases set to flourish in warmer climate
(European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases) New research presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology& Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Amsterdam, Netherlands (April 13-16) shows that the geographical range of vector-borne diseases such as Chikungunya, dengue fever, leishmaniasis, and tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is expanding rapidly. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 13, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Travelers to Thailand at Risk of Chikungunya Virus Infection Travelers to Thailand at Risk of Chikungunya Virus Infection
Confirmed cases of chikungunya virus in travelers returning from Thailand ' s tourist areas mean that visitors to the country are at increased risk, and the virus may spread to other nations, researchers warn.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - April 2, 2019 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Surveillance Report: Chikungunya Virus Disease; Annual Epidemiological Report for 2017
Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 4/2019.
This six-page report, based on data for 2017 retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on December 10, 2018, details how in 2017, 10 countries reported 548 cases of chikungunya virus disease, of which 461 (84.1 percent) were confirmed. For the first time since 2014, autochthonous chikungunya cases were reported from continental Europe by France (n=17) and Italy (n=277).
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Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - April 1, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
