During a dengue epidemic in northern Mexico, enhanced surveillance identified 53 laboratory-positive cases in southern Texas; 26 (49%) patients acquired the infection locally, and 29 (55%) were hospitalized. Of 83 patient specimens that were initially IgM negative according to ELISA performed at a commercial laboratory, 14 (17%) were dengue virus positive by real-time reverse transcription PCR ...

Dengue diagnosis was one of the topics discussed at the symposium 'The Global Threat of Dengue - Desperately Seeking Solutions' organized during the 10th International Congress of Infectious Diseases held in Singapore in 2002. In this paper, a review is presented focusing on the main advances, problems and challenges of dengue diagnosis.IgM capture ELISA, virus isolation in mosquito cell lines ...

Background: Dengue fever (DF) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) are important arthropod borne viral diseases. Dengue in India has dramatically expanded over the last few decades, with rapidly changing epidemiology. Dengue is emerging as major public health concern in northeast India and spreading with increased morbidity. Objective: This study was carried out to determine the seroprevalence of...

BACKGROUND Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral infection that is now endemic in most tropical countries. In Thailand, dengue fever/dengue hemorrhagic fever is a leading cause of hospitalization and death among children. A longitudinal study among 1750 people in two rural and one urban sites in northern Thailand from 2001 to 2003 studied spatial and temporal determinants for recent dengue infection...

We refer to Dr Ong Siew Chey’s letter “Dengue Fever Outbreak: Prevention Possible”, published in the recent September issue of Annals. According to the World Health Organisation, dengue has become the fastest growing mosquito-borne disease1 in an expanding list of countries. Our status as a travel hub results in a continual infl ux of genetically diverse dengue virus strains into Singapore.2 Ou...

2. At the Sixty-seventh World Health Assembly in May 2014, several Member States raised the public health and economic burdens of dengue in the plenary discussion on the link between climate and health. 2 This report outlines the global threat to public health from dengue, the elements of the global strategy to prevent and control dengue, and essential steps to be taken, including strengthening...

1. At the Sixty-seventh World Health Assembly in May 2014, several Member States raised the public health and economic burdens of dengue in the plenary discussion on the link between climate and health. 1 This report outlines the global threat to public health from dengue, the elements of the global strategy to prevent and control dengue, and essential steps to be taken, including strengthening...

Dengue Fever has existed throughout the contemporary history of mankind and poses an endemic threat to most tropical regions. Dengue virus is transmitted to humans mainly by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. It has been observed that there are significantly more Aedes aegypti mosquitoes present in tropical areas than in other climate regions. As such, it is commonly believed that the tropical climate...

Dengue is a leading public health problem in Sri Lanka. All 26 districts and all age groups are affected, with high disease transmission; the estimated average annual incidence is 175/100 000 population. Harnessing the World Health Organization Global strategy for dengue prevention and control, 2012-2020, Sri Lanka has pledged in its National Strategic Framework to achieve a mortality from deng...

As part of a cluster-randomized trial to evaluate insecticide-treated curtains for dengue prevention in Iquitos, Peru, we surveyed 1,333 study participants to examine knowledge and reported practices associated with dengue and its prevention. Entomological data from 1,133 of these households were linked to the survey. Most participants knew that dengue was transmitted by mosquito bite (85.6%), ...