Climate Change May Mean More Risky Mosquitoes
In the United States, where Zika cases have occurred in warmer areas in the last several years, dengue and chikungunya could also become wider threats, the study suggests. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - March 28, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Modelled climate change impact on mosquito-borne virus transmission
(PLOS) Mosquito-borne viruses, such as dengue, chikungunya, and Zika, already threaten over a billion people globally. A study published on March 28, 2019, in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases predicts that climate change and rising global temperatures will lead to both increased and new exposures to humans of diseases carried by mosquito vectors Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - March 28, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Aedes-Transmitted Arbovirus Infections in the Americas Aedes-Transmitted Arbovirus Infections in the Americas
What are the challenges and implications to public health presented by the rising incidence in the Americas of arboviral infections such as dengue, zika, yellow fever, and chikungunya?American Journal of Public Health (Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines - March 15, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Public Health & Prevention Journal Article Source Type: news
Engaging monocytes to battle Chikungunya
(Source: ScienceNOW)
Source: ScienceNOW - February 28, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Balasubramani, A. Tags: twis Source Type: news
Study traces the origins of Chikungunya in Brazil
(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) New evidence suggests that Chikungunya virus arrived in Brazil at least one year earlier than it was detected by public health surveillance systems. Scientists at the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health and Funda ç ã o Oswaldo Cruz published their findings in the journal Scientific Reports. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - February 26, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Sudan: Chikungunya Fever On the Rise in Eastern Sudan
[Radio Dabanga] Port Sudan -A government report has shown more than 10,000 cases of chikungunya* fever in Sudan's Red Sea state over the past four months. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 8, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zika and Chikungunya viruses: Diagnostic pitfalls
(German Center for Infection Research) Millions of people have contracted Zika and chikungunya virus infections since the outbreaks that have been striking Latin America since 2013. Particularly Zika-related malformations in newborns warrant reliable diagnostics. DZIF scientists from the Charit é - Universit ä tsmedizin Berlin demonstrate the problems with the currently available diagnostics, particularly for Zika virus detection, and develop combined testing methods that have higher reliability. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - January 17, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Chikungunya Virus Infection
(Source: eMedicineHealth.com)
Source: eMedicineHealth.com - December 27, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Sofosbuvir rids organism of chikungunya and yellow fever viruses
(Funda ç ã o de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de S ã o Paulo) Sofosbuvir is already used to treat hepatitis C and has passed all human use approval tests, so it can be fairly easily deployed if the chikungunya epidemic forecast for the next two years materializes. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - December 18, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Gates Foundation, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Fund Open-Source Global Disease Tracker; May Be Useful Resource for Microbiology Laboratories
Cloud-based platform—IDseq—shows potential to track the causes and spread of infectious diseases worldwide using metagenomic data Here’s the latest example of how big data and related technologies can give physicians—as well as microbiologists and clinical pathologists—a new tool for understanding infectious disease and tracking outbreaks anywhere in the world. This project is being funded and […] (Source: Dark Daily)
Source: Dark Daily - December 17, 2018 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Jude Tags: Instruments & Equipment Laboratory Management and Operations Laboratory News Laboratory Pathology Management & Operations anatomic pathology Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chan Zuckerberg Initiative chikungunya Source Type: news
Progress Toward Regional Measles Elimination --- Worldwide, 2000--2017
In 2010, the World Health Assembly set three milestones for measles prevention to be achieved by 2015: 1) increase routine coverage with the first dose of measles-containing vaccine (MCV1) among children aged 1 year to ≥90% at the national level and to ≥80% in every district; 2) reduce global annual measles incidence to less than five cases per million population; and 3) reduce global measles mortality by 95% from the 2000 estimate (1).* (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - November 29, 2018 Category: American Health Tags: American Indian - Alaska Native Health Animal-Related Diseases Chikungunya Virus Chronic Disease Dengue Fever (DF) Global Health HIV Prevention HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS and STDs Measles MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Public Source Type: news
Outbreak of Dengue Virus Type 2 --- American Samoa, November 2016--October 2018
The U.S. territory of American Samoa has experienced recent outbreaks of illnesses caused by viruses transmitted by Aedes species mosquitoes, including dengue, chikungunya, and Zika virus. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - November 29, 2018 Category: American Health Tags: American Indian - Alaska Native Health Animal-Related Diseases Chikungunya Virus Chronic Disease Dengue Fever (DF) HIV Prevention HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS and STDs MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Public Health Zika Virus Source Type: news
Sudan: Medics - Chikungunya Infections On the Rise in Port Sudan
[Radio Dabanga] Port Sudan -Health sources have pointed to a rise of rates of chikungunya fever infections in eastern districts of Port Sudan in Red Sea state. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 29, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Study Warns of Cascading Health Risks From the Changing Climate
Global warming is posing immediate health hazards around the world and in the United States, from kidney disease to dengue fever, two new studies say. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - November 28, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: SOMINI SENGUPTA and KENDRA PIERRE-LOUIS Tags: Global Warming Medicine and Health Greenhouse Gas Emissions Lancet, The (Journal) Floods Drought Chikungunya Virus Zika Virus Productivity Dengue Fever US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) Source Type: news
Protection and Security Before, During, and After Insecticide Use
Source: World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Published: 11/2018.
This training package contains a series of training videos for vector control program workers in the Region of the Americas. Diseases such as malaria, dengue, Zika, chikungunya, yellow fever, and Chagas disease have become important public health problems; the successful use of pesticides depends on their appropriate use in controlling these diseases. These videos cover personal protective measures and biosafety (before, during, and after insecticide fogging); operation, calibration, and maintenance of public health equipment u...
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - November 15, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
