Australia will join Sri Lanka in its war on dengue fever, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Wednesday, as the virus has claimed a record 250 lives and infected nearly 100,000 people in the South Asian country this year.
Jul 19, 2017
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Puerto Rico's health secretary declared an epidemic on Monday following a spike in dengue cases.
Mar 26, 2024
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Scientists have revealed molecular differences between how the African and Asian strains of Zika virus infect neural progenitor cells.
Sep 1, 2016
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Authorities in Thailand seeking to curb the growing number of Zika cases say they will criminally charge homeowners who fail to remove mosquito breeding grounds on their property.
Sep 16, 2016
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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) have developed one of the first mouse models for the study of Zika virus. The model will allow researchers to better understand how the ...
Apr 19, 2016
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Singapore is bracing itself for its worst ever dengue epidemic with infections this year already exceeding the total for all of 2012, official statistics showed Friday.
May 31, 2013
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The World Health Organization has declared a global emergency over the rapidly spreading Zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects in the Americas, saying it is an "extraordinary event" that poses a threat to the ...
Feb 1, 2016
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Researchers from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg are proposing potential new active substances for treating the dengue virus. Just like Ebola, dengue fever is also ...
Dec 10, 2014
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Due to the Zika epidemic, which began in 2015, and the outbreak of yellow fever early in 2017, Brazil runs a serious risk of being afflicted by Oropouche, another virus that is widely distributed throughout South and Central ...
Aug 23, 2017
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Previous exposure to the dengue virus may increase the potency of Zika infection, according to research from Imperial College London.
Jun 23, 2016
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