To combat a dengue outbreak, a village in the Philippines' densely populated capital region is offering a bounty of one Philippines peso for every five mosquitoes residents turn in. At least ...

State officials are warning the public after confirming a new travel-related case of the dengue virus on Maui. According to the Hawai’i Department of Health, this brings the number of dengue ...

With a massive dengue disaster engulfing the country, there is disillusionment in health circles that no Medical Officers (MOs) have been designated for dengue at the Negombo District General Hospital ...

Cases of a 'bone breaking' disease have created an 'emergency situation' in the Americas, a United Nations agency has warned. Jarbas Barbosa, head of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO ...

Antibody (Ab)-dependent enhancement of infection occurs when preexisting antibodies present in the body from a primary (first) dengue virus (DENV) infection bind to an infecting DENV particle ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The reemergence of dengue virus serotype 3 (DENV-3) in Brazil, after 17 years, poses a risk of more severe outbreaks due to the population's lack of immunity to ...

Japanese drug maker Earth Corp. has begun collaborating with cosmetics maker Kao Corp. to find a way to prevent mosquito-borne infectious diseases such as dengue fever and malaria. The Tokyo-based ...