This year's outbreak of dengue, the most common mosquito-borne disease worldwide, is the biggest since records began in 1980, according to the PAHO, which urged stronger mitigation efforts.
Unfurl a mosquito net when sleeping. When choosing a destination, check the CDC’s latest warnings for dengue, as well as other travel health alerts. PAHO also shares dengue data, including the ...
Dengue fever is a common tropical infection. This acute febrile illness can be a deadly infection in cases of severe manifestation, causing dengue hemorrhagic shock. In this brief article, I will ...
Five more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Thursday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 541 this year. Among the recent ...
Trinidad and Tobago now fines residents for mosquito breeding sites, while Puerto Rican officials urge communities to eliminate stagnant water. In addition, dengue vaccines, introduced in ...
Dengue spreads in an area if a person who acquired it from outside the country is bitten by a mosquito that can carry it – such as the daytime biter Aedes aegypti. Florida has 74 locally transmitted ...
Dengue spreads through the cycle of person-to-mosquito-to-person, but it is not considered an endemic issue in Hawai‘i, largely due to proactive measures and public cooperation. While the ...