Dengue in the news
 
 
LUDHIANA: The health department and municipal corporation are confused over the issue of imposing fine on the residents in whose coolers dengue larvae were ...Read more

--Times of India , Oct 5, 2009
 
 
 
South Florida is already dealing with an outbreak of the H1N1 swine flu and other variations of the influenza virus and now a precautionary health advisory has been issued for Key West after three people were diagnosed with dengue fever. ...Read more

--CBS4 Miami , Sep 22, 2009
 
 
 
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently issued a warning that due to climate change, the mosquito-borne dengue disease has become unstoppable. ...Read more

--Manila Bulletin , Sep 22, 2009
 
 
 
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) -- A health advisory has been issued for Key West after three people were diagnosed with dengue fever. ...Read more

--Sun-Sentinel , Sep 22, 2009
 
 
 
A special team of health professionals from Thailand led by Prof. (Ms.) Siri Pen is now in Sri Lanka to investigate the factors which led dengue to assume epidemic proportions in Sri Lanka this year causing a large number of deaths. ...Read more

--Daily News , Sep 21, 2009
 
 
 
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 478 cases of dengue fever were recorded by the Health Ministry from Sept 6 to 12, an increase of 68 cases or 17 per cent from the previous week which recorded 410 cases. ...Read more

--The New Straits Times , Sep 17, 2009
 
 
 
Ramanathapuram (TN), Sep 17 (PTI) Concerned over the increase in chikungunya and dengue cases, the state government is planning to set up Geographical Information System (GIS) for tracking patients with the vector-borne diseases across the state. ...Read more

--Press Trust of India , Sep 17, 2009
 
 
 
HA NO- As many as 700 people in Ha Noi are affected by dengue fever every week, 10-times higher than in previous years, according to the head of the Health Ministry's Preventive Medicine and Environment Department, Nguyen Huy Nga. ...Read more

--Viet Nam News , Sep 17, 2009
 
 
 
The highest concentration of Dengue Fever cases has moved north with Hanoi as Vietnam's hardest-hit area, after the Mekong Delta had accounted for 80-90 percent of all cases 1998-2007, said a health official. ...Read more

--Thanh Nien Daily, Sep 16, 2009
 
 
 
Inviragen has received a $600,000 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, to partially support its continued efforts to develop a safe and effective dengue vaccine. ...Read more

--News-Medical.Net, Sep 10, 2009
 
 
 
The National Dengue Control Week organised by the Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry will begin on October 21 countrywide. The dengue epidemic which hit Sri Lanka last January is now under control and the death rate is zero. ...Read more

--Daily News, Sep 08, 2009
 
 
 
Decreases in birth and death rates explain the shift in age distribution of dengue hemorrhagic fever in Thailand, according to a new paper in this week's open access journal PLoS Medicine. ...Read more

--PhysOrg, Sep 01, 2009
 
 
 
MANILA - THE rapid growth of crowded cities has helped spread and increase the transmission of dengue around the world, health experts said on Tuesday, warning up to 3 billion people were already at risk. They also disputed reports that climate change could become a factor in the spread of the disease from tropical areas because the mosquito that carries dengue has reached temperate regions due. ...Read more

--Straits Times, Aug 31, 2009
 
 
 
Hawaii Biotech, Inc. President and CEO Elliot Parks, Ph.D., announced that the company has initiated a Phase 1 clinical study with its monovalent dengue vaccine candidate. The double-blind, placebo controlled, dose escalation safety study in healthy subjects is being conducted at the St. Louis University Center for Vaccine Development. ...Read more

--Medical News Today, Aug 26, 2009
 
 
 
Between 200 and 300 new cases of dengue fever are being diagnosed every week in Hanoi, the city's health department announced on Tuesday. ...Read more

--Thanh Nien Daily, Aug 26, 2009
 
 
 
... with Paraguayan Health Ministry authorities in Asuncion in an attempt to coordinate bilateral measures to prevent and fight the spread dengue fever ...Read more

--Buenos Aires Herald, Aug 26, 2009
 
 
 
Lancet World Report examines the factors contributing to a steady uptick in the number of dengue fever cases in Mexico over the past decade. ...Read more

--News-Medical.net, Aug 24, 2009
 
 
 
LUDHIANA: Hundred students of a local college have come forward to offer their services in spreading dengue awareness among the city residents. ...Read more

--Times of India, Aug 21, 2009
 
 
 
Since early this month, the National Institute of Infectious and Tropical Diseases has received between 30-40 patients of dengue fever a day, including 90 ...Read more

--VOVNews.vn, Aug 19, 2009
 
 
 
Cuban epidemiologists, Chief Epidemiologist Dr.Aramis Martines and Assistant Epidemiologist, Dr. Yelina Abang submitted their report on Dengue fever in Sri ...Read more

--Ceylon Daily News, Aug 15, 2009
 
 
 
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