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Wolbachia versus dengue: Evolutionary forecasts. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
A novel form of biological control is being applied to the dengue virus. The agent is the maternally transmitted bacterium Wolbachia, naturally absent from the main dengue vector, the mosquito Aedes aegypti.
Bull, James J, Turelli, Michael
core   +1 more source

Dengue immunopathology: Importance and participation of monocytes and their subsets

open access: yesIatreia, 2019
Dengue is an acute viral infection transmitted by the bite of the mosquito belonging to the genus Aedes, which produce until 100 millions of infections worldwide per year.
Naranjo Gómez, Juan Sebastián   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diagnostic performance of C-reactive protein level and its role as a potential biomarker of severe dengue in adults

open access: yesAsian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2020
Objective: To determine the relationship between C-reactive protein (CRP) level and the severity of dengue and the potential use of CRP in predicting acute dengue infection.
Raghavendra Rao   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multivariate Hierarchical Frameworks for Modelling Delayed Reporting in Count Data [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
In many fields and applications count data can be subject to delayed reporting. This is where the total count, such as the number of disease cases contracted in a given week, may not be immediately available, instead arriving in parts over time.
Dobson A., Gelman A., R Core Team
core   +3 more sources

The effects of weather and climate change on dengue [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
There is much uncertainty about the future impact of climate change on vector-borne diseases. Such uncertainty reflects the difficulties in modelling the complex interactions between disease, climatic and socioeconomic determinants.
Colón-González, Felipe J.   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Analysis of dengue cases according to clinical severity, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil

open access: yesRevista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2017
Severe dengue cases have increased in Brazil since 2001, with the first records in Maranhão dating back to 2002. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of severe dengue cases by age group and the possible risk factors.
José de Jesus Dias Júnior   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Original antigenic sin in dengue - Hoskins effect

open access: yesAPIK Journal of Internal Medicine, 2023
Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral infection found in tropical and subtropical climates worldwide, mostly in urban and semiurban areas. The virus responsible for causing dengue is called dengue virus. There are four dengue virus serotypes, implying that it
Vasantha Kamath, Nisha Davy Olakkengi
doaj   +1 more source

Zika virus: New clinical syndromes and its emergence in the western hemisphere [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Zika virus (ZIKV) had remained a relatively obscure flavivirus until a recent series of outbreaks accompanied by unexpectedly severe clinical complications brought this virus into the spotlight as causing an infection of global public health concern.
Brazilian Medical Genetics Society–Zika Embryopathy Task Force   +9 more
core   +3 more sources

Risk factors of severe dengue in children: A nested case-control study

open access: yesJournal of Pediatric Critical Care, 2021
Background: Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease whose severity varies from a mild undifferentiated fever to severe fatal form. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence and risk factors of severe dengue.
Sridevi A Naaraayan   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is dengue and malaria co-infection more severe than single infections? A retrospective matched-pair study in French Guiana [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
BACKGROUND: Dengue and malaria are two major arthropod-borne infections in tropical areas, but dual infections were only described for the first time in 2005.
Bernard Carme   +6 more
core   +3 more sources

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