July 16, 2010 (Atlanta, Georgia) — Nearly 5% of the population of Key West, Florida, showed evidence of recent exposure to dengue virus in 2009, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Glen R. Gallagher, from the CDC's National Center for Zoonoti...
The results showed that attitude of the students toward the prevention of DHF was good even before the intervention. The students strongly agree that cleaning mosquito nests is a pleasant thing. For the preventive behavior, students who received poster intervention (95% confidence interval: 1.189 -...
Designing more effective and preventive rather than reactive vector control programmes with combined interventions could be a key solution in dengue prevention and control. In the absence of an effective dengue vaccine, the World Health Organization (WHO) calls for locally adapted and sustainable ...
The double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled Phase 3 TIDES trial is evaluating the safety and efficacy of two doses of TAK-003 in the prevention of laboratory-confirmed symptomatic dengue fever of any severity and due to any of the four dengue virus serotypes in children and adolescents.3 ...
The residents' level of dengue fever knowledge had a significant, positive, direct effect on their mosquito control behavior.ConclusionsMosquito control is an important measure for the prevention and control of outbreaks of dengue fever. An effective source of information can improve the level of ...
Active learning method capable significantly for improving knowledge, practices and self-efficacy of teachers in DHF prevention (p value<0,05). Teachers self efficacy as health promotor in school on the group with active learning method was higher than the group that had poster and leaflet media....