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Mechanism of dengue virus entry into cells

(Science Codex) Dengue fever, an infectious tropical disease caused by a mosquito-borne virus, afflicts millions of people each year, causing fever, headache, muscle and joint pains and a characteristic skin rash. In some people the disease progresses to a severe, often fatal, form known as dengue hemorrhagic fever. Despite its heavy toll, the prevention and  Read More »

New dengue cases reported from Cairns, brings total to 70

(The Global Dispatch) Queensland Health is reporting 11 additional dengue fever cases from the city of Cairns in north Queensland bringing the total number to 70, according to an ABC News report today. In response to the 2 month old Cairns outbreak and the outbreak in Port Douglas, which remains unchanged at 17 cases, Queensland  Read More »

Dengue Fever on the Rise in Southeast Asia

(The Diplomat) In Malaysia, the signs are ominous. The coming wet season is already shaping up as potentially the worst on record for dengue fever with regional governments stepping up efforts to limit the spread of the potentially deadly disease. Twenty-two people have already died in Malaysia this year from dengue, almost triple the number  Read More »

Opinion: Why global health security is a national priority

(CNN) Eleven years ago this week, the world faced the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS, a new epidemic that infected some 8,000 people, took the lives of 775 individuals, and inflicted $30 billion in damage to regional economies. The emergence of SARS was a wake-up call for the World Health Organization and  Read More »

CDC Grand Rounds: Discovering New Diseases via Enhanced Partnership Between Public Health and Pathology Experts

(CDC) Despite advances in public health, medicine, and technology, infectious diseases remain a major source of illness and death worldwide. In the United States alone, unexplained deaths resulting from infectious disease agents have an estimated annual incidence of 0.5 per 100,000 persons aged 1–49 years. Emerging and newly recognized infections, such as hantavirus pulmonary syndrome  Read More »

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