Dengue fever, which is sometimes called break bone fever, is a disease that can cause severe pain, high fever, and vomiting. The virus that causes dengue fever is transmitted to humans through infected mosquitos, which can be found in the tropics around the world. Though this disease is pain...
Dengue, which is transmitted by mosquitoes, infects up to 100 million people each year. People bitten by an infected mosquito first develop a fever, followed by other symptoms such as joint pain, rash and nausea. Without treatment, symptoms may become more severe. Patients with the severe form...
Africa is becoming rapidly urbanised thus encouraging poor environmental sanitation which increases the breeding of dengue mosquitoes. Overpopulation encourages the rapid spread of the disease and the lack of access to health facilities increases the risk of severe outbreaks. What is the way forward in ...
“For those not previously infected by dengue virus, however, the analysis found that in the longer term, more cases of severe disease could occur following vaccination upon a subsequent dengue infection.” In other words, there were some people who wouldn’t be protected from dengue by Dengv...
Koh Samui does not have malaria. However, there are reported cases each year of dengue fever, or “dengue-lite” with similar symptoms of headaches, fever and fatigue. While it’s a rare occurrence (your experience is a million-to-one likely to be just a few red or itchy bites), you...
Physical Effects of a Severe Fever Hyperthermia, which is around 105.8 degrees, causes neurologic damage and effects on cognitive function. The cardiovascular system can cause vasoconstriction and reduced blood flow to the digestive system. The liver function can decline under an extended period of a...
Dengue is surging in Brazil, prompting Rio de Janeiro to declare a public health emergency. (NYT) Advertisement Deep dive: Environmental DNA could help provide an early warning of the next pandemic. (Undark) A journal retracted three abortion studies that suggested that medication abortion is dange...
Altogether, these approaches could simplify the multidrug therapies that are currently used to treat infectious diseases [106]. Nanotechnology applications, however, have some bottlenecks that need to be addressed to facilitate its broader implementation in the wider healthcare system. One of the major...
Recent studies indicate that interferon modulation is an important factor in the development of severe flaviviral illness. This suggests that an increased understanding of viral-host interactions will facilitate the development of novel therapeutics to treat these vi...
“There are a lot of studies about the microbiomes of mosquitoes, and how the bacteria that lives inside can block the spread of viruses, which might stop vector-borne diseases like dengue. This interplay between organisms in the same host led me to think – what else might be inside p...