Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Higher temperatures make Zika mosquito spread disease more
In its brief lifespan, the mosquito that carries the Zika virus is caught in a race: Will it pass the disease to humans before it dies?
Feb 3, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Costa Rica issues health alert over dengue
Costa Rica on Tuesday declared a health alert due to a dengue fever outbreak which has claimed three lives and infected about 12,000 people so far this year, authorities said.
Jul 3, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Rio declares dengue epidemic
Rio de Janeiro has declared a dengue epidemic after diagnosing more than 50,000 cases of the tropical mosquito-borne infection this year and over 500 in the last week alone.
Apr 25, 2012
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Medical research
LoFreq: Ultrafast detection of microbe and cancer cell mutations
Scientists at A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have developed a novel technique to precisely monitor and study the evolution of micro-organisms such as viruses and bacteria. This is an extremely important capability ...
Mar 7, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How the Dengue virus circulates in the wild
Science has come a long way in containing infectious diseases over the past five decades. Despite this progress, the incidence of dengue fever has increased thirty-fold, with 390 million people infected annually worldwide.
Feb 20, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mast cells give clues in diagnosis, treatment of dengue
A protein produced by mast cells in the immune system may predict which people infected with dengue virus will develop life-threatening complications, according to researchers at Duke Medicine and Duke-National University ...
Apr 30, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Stopping the dengue threat
Improved disease surveillance at Australian ports and borders is needed to prevent the growing threat of dengue infection spreading across the country, with a new QUT study identifying potential risk factors linked to dengue ...
Nov 16, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers scramble to fight 'brand new' Zika virus
Zika virus is spreading rapidly through the Americas leaving researchers scrambling to understand the very basics, including how to prevent, treat and diagnose the emerging mosquito-borne threat.
Jan 29, 2016
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Scientists step up work to find and contain 'the Ebolas of the future'
Headlines about alarming new viruses have been hard to escape. In just the past few months, Dallas has confronted its first cases of Ebola, of the mosquito-borne virus chikungunya and of the respiratory disease enterovirus ...
Nov 5, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Tokyo closes park after dengue mosquitoes found
Tokyo on Thursday closed most of Yoyogi Park, a popular green spot in the Japanese metropolis, after dengue-carrying mosquitoes were found there, an official said.
Sep 4, 2014
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