World Dengue Day

⏰Starting now! Is there anything you would like to KNOW about ? Click and join our first Twitter Spaces dialogue with
The International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases & Foot Impact to share your comments and questions and hear all about what dengue is
👉https://tinyurl.com/know-dengue

This petition is so near to 30,000 signatories! Can this milestone be crossed in time for 2024? Please add your voice if you haven't already!
👉"Make World Dengue Day a Reality"
👉https://www.change.org/p/world-health-organization-make-world-dengue-day-a-reality

The countdown towards 2024 on June 15th has started! As outbreaks of unprecedented magnitudes in both endemic and naïve regions have been grabbing headlines over 2023 and 2024, we turn our attention this year to Know, Act and Stop Dengue. What do we all need to know about dengue? Which actions can each one of us take to stem the spread of the world's fastest-growing mosquito-borne diseases, whether at a personal, community and policy level? And which innovations and global partnerships are needed to ensure the expansion of dengue is stopped in its tracks? Join and add your voice to the global conversations over the next few days at : whether sharing your work or thoughts on , adding your name to a global petition for an official World Dengue Day or taking a moment to find out more about this diseases, let's make some noise against dengue! https://www.isntd.org/world-dengue-day

A single-dose vaccine for shows 79.6% efficacy in phase 3 clinical trials conducted in Brazil, an endemic country (evaluated in children & adults). The vaccine offers protection against 4 serotypes of DENV. The study by in :

Live, Attenuated, Tetravalent Butantan–Dengue Vaccine in Children and Adults | NEJM Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Live, Attenuated, Tetravalent Butantan–Dengue Vaccine in Children and Adults

In Rio, rife with dengue, bacteria-infected mosquitoes are making a difference
https://apnews.com/article/brazil-dengue-science-mosquitoes-health-rio-pilot-9e1eecd29a74649e834db65919210074

UN health agency cites tenfold increase in reported cases of dengue over the last generation

UN health agency cites tenfold increase in reported cases of dengue over the last generation The U.N. health agency says reported cases of dengue globally increased tenfold over the last generation.

PAHO-WHO calls for strengthened measures against aegypti mosquitoes to combat

PAHO calls for strengthened measures against Aedes aegypti mosquitoes to combat dengue Washington, DC, February 20, 2024 (PAHO)- In a new epidemiological alert, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reiterated its call to countries in the Americas to intensify efforts and actions to control the Aedes aegypti mosq

Modelling the dynamic basic reproduction number of dengue based on MOI of albopictus derived from a multi-site field investigation in Guangzhou, a subtropical region

Modelling the dynamic basic reproduction number of dengue based on MOI of Aedes albopictus derived from a multi-site field investigation in Guangzhou, a subtropical region - Parasites & Vectors Background More than half of the global population lives in areas at risk of dengue (DENV) transmission. Developing an efficient risk prediction system can help curb dengue outbreaks, but multiple variables, including mosquito-based surveillance indicators, still constrain our understanding. Mosquit...

Epidemiological Alert PAHO-WHO - Increase in dengue cases in the Region of the Americas - 16 February 2024
https://www.paho.org/es/documentos/alerta-epidemiologica-aumento-casos-dengue-region-americas-16-febrero-2024

Mosquito swarms bring 'triple whammy' of infectious disease to Timor-Leste. The country is battling simultaneous outbreaks of dengue, Zika and – for the first time – chikungunya (The Telegraph)

Mosquito swarms bring ‘triple whammy’ of infectious disease to Timor-Leste The country is battling simultaneous outbreaks of dengue, Zika and – for the first time – chikungunya

What's behind Brazil's surge in fever?

What's behind Brazil's surge in dengue fever? • FRANCE 24 English Brazil has launched a dengue fever immunisation campaign after health authorities registered more than 395,000 likely cases of the mosquito-borne disease in ...

Protection against symptomatic infection by neutralizing antibodies varies by infection history and infecting serotype Nature

Tracking the polyclonal neutralizing antibody response to a dengue virus serotype 1 type-specific epitope across two populations in Asia and the Americas - Scientific Reports The four dengue virus serotypes (DENV1-4) cause major public health problems worldwide. Highly neutralizing type-specific human monoclonal antibodies (hmAbs) target conformation-dependent epitopes on the DENV envelope protein, including 1F4, a DENV1 type-specific hmAb. Using a recombinant DENV2 viru...