Updates

Singapore Battles Dengue Outbreak

05.14.13

This blog post originally appeared on the Dengue Vaccine Initiative Blog

New Study Estimates as Many as 390 Million Dengue Infections a Year

04.15.13

A new study published in Nature online last week estimates that there are more than three times as many dengue infections as in the official World Health Organization (WHO) figure. The WHO estimates 50-100 million dengue infections a year, while “The global distribution and burden of dengue” report argues that there are 390 million dengue infections per year.

Determining the Disease Burden of Dengue

03.11.13

As the prominence of dengue grows, the need for an up-to-date and comprehensive understanding of the burden of disease becomes more and more important. For dengue, this means not just mortality but also morbidity; the true cost of the disease lies not just in the lives lost, but in the burden placed on health systems, the days of work missed, and other harder to calculate figures.

Modeling the Impact of a Future Dengue Vaccine

02.27.13

As part of the DVI program, a team has been working to develop and advance a model for the impact of dengue vaccine immunization on infection and disease, one that allows the simulation of a wide range of scenarios, including the impact of vector control.

Dengue, aka “Breakbone Fever,” Is Back

Submitted by Sabin on Wed, 2013-01-02 15:18

By Maryn McKenna, Slate

The vicious virus has re-established itself in the South, and mosquitoes are carrying it north.

In the autumn of 1885, people in Austin, Texas, began to feel sick. One after another, they developed a chill and then a soaring fever. They vomited and broke out in rashes. Their most distinctive symptom was agonizing pain behind their eyes and in the bones of their arms and legs. And when the fever subsided, lack of appetite and deep exhaustion left them unable to work for weeks or months.

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Dengue knows no boundaries

12.13.12

By Alyah Khan

The tremendous scope of the dengue problem becomes clear when you consider the number of places where the virus is present.

2012 G-Finder Survey Finds NTD R&D Funding Holding Steady

12.11.12

Earlier this month, Policy Cures released its 2012 G-Finder Survey on Neglected Disease Research and Development.

DVI gets its own blog and a website makeover

09.17.12

09/17/2012

If you’re looking for another interesting blog to read on neglected tropical diseases, vaccines and global health, the Dengue Vaccine Initiative has got you covered.