http://www.medindia.net/healthnews/dengue-news.asp Medindia largest health website in india. en-us Copyright 2012. All Rights Reserved. Fri, 25 May 2012 05:18:29 GMT http://www.medindia.net/news/early-detection-of-dengue-fever-possible-via-protein-biomarkers-97796-1.htm The first precise predictive model to distinguish between dengue fever (DF) and its more severe form, dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) has been developed by researchers. The breakthrough by researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch, could vastly reduce the disease's mortality rate. These studies could lead to a personalized approach to treatment of dengue fever. "We have long known that dengue has many manifestations, from asymptomatic to a flu-like state to a life-threatening condition....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/early-detection-of-dengue-fever-possible-via-protein-biomarkers-97796-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Dengue-Fever-New-Finding-94699-1.htm A part of the immune system that is involved in getting rid of dengue viruses has been identified by scientists. Worldwide, dengue fever strikes roughly 50 million people every year and takes the lives of thousands, but specific therapies or a vaccine for this mosquito-borne illness remain unavailable. Today, 2.5 billion people are at risk from dengue fever and from dengue hemorrhagic fever, a lethal complication of infection. Despite the high infection rates, there are currently no ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Dengue-Fever-New-Finding-94699-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Dengue-Fever-Risk-Higher-in-Rural-Areas-Than-Cities-89879-1.htm In contrast to conventional thinking a recent study found that in dengue-endemic areas such as South-East Asia, rural areas rather than cities may bear the highest burden of dengue fever-a viral infection that causes sudden high fever, severe headache, and muscle and joint pains, and can lead to a life-threatening condition, dengue hemorrhagic fever. The study led by Wolf-Peter Schmidt from the Nagasaki Institute of Tropical Medicine, Japan, and published in this week's PLoS Medicine, the authors ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Dengue-Fever-Risk-Higher-in-Rural-Areas-Than-Cities-89879-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Bacteria-To-Control-Dengue-Fever-89618-1.htm Scientists might have come up with the right bacterial answer to dengue. When a non-virulent strain of Wolbachia was introduced in mosquitoes in Australia, it seemed to work magnificently. The resulting dengue-free mosquitoes are thriving, it is reported. "The results show we can completely transform local (mosquito) populations in a few months," said Michael Turelli, a biologist at the University of California at Davis. "It's natural selection on steroids." Dengue affects between 50 and 100 million ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Bacteria-To-Control-Dengue-Fever-89618-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Key-to-Controlling-Dengue-Fever-Linked-to-Chemistry-of-Mosquito-Sex-82545-1.htm Understanding the sex life of a mosquito may reveal the key to controlling diseases such West Nile virus and dengue fever, a new study has said. Researchers at Cornell University have uncovered a chemical ballet that takes place between aedes aegypti mosquitoes during sex. The study found that more than 100 proteins in male sperm permanently alter a female's tendencies to feed, produce eggs and mate. The paper's lead author, Laura Sirot, a research associate at Cornell, did the work in the ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Key-to-Controlling-Dengue-Fever-Linked-to-Chemistry-of-Mosquito-Sex-82545-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Thai-Researchers-Develop-Dengue-Fever-Vaccine-81294-1.htm Researchers in Thailand say they have developed a prototype vaccine against dengue fever and will conduct further tests with the aim of bringing it to market within a decade. The vaccine against the mosquito-borne disease was jointly developed by scientists from Thailand's Chiang Mai University, Mahidol University and the government's National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology. "It's the first time in Thailand that we created a prototype vaccine against dengue that has the ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Thai-Researchers-Develop-Dengue-Fever-Vaccine-81294-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Doubling-of-Dengue-Fever-Cases-in-Last-Decade-75528-1.htm That the number of dengue fever cases has more than doubled over the past decade has been reported by the World Health Organization. Dengue is a serious flu-like illness that is transmitted by mosquitoes, and can develop into dengue haemorrhagic fever, which can be fatal. The disease is spread by the . The UN health agency has warned that dengue outbreaks are now a major threat to global public health, reports the BBC. Two fifths of the world's population are at risk of the disease, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Doubling-of-Dengue-Fever-Cases-in-Last-Decade-75528-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/WHO-Warns-Dengue-Fever-is-Spreading-in-Asia-75046-1.htm With no known treatment, dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease is spreading in Asia and cases in India are at a 20-year high as the country hosts the Commonwealth Games. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that 2.5 billion people are at risk from one of the world's fastest-emerging infections, which has "grown dramatically in recent decades." Officials at the WHO say Asia, home to 70 percent of the at-risk population, has seen a rise in dengue mainly because of higher temperatures ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/WHO-Warns-Dengue-Fever-is-Spreading-in-Asia-75046-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Malaysia-Mulls-Releasing-GM-Mosquitoes-to-Combat-Dengue-Fever-73295-1.htm Malaysia is considering releasing genetically modified mosquitoes designed to combat dengue fever, in a landmark field trial that has come in for criticism from environmentalists. In the first experiment of its kind in Asia, 2,000-3,000 male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes would be released in two Malaysian states in October or November. The insects in the study have been engineered so that their offspring quickly die, curbing the growth of the population in a technique researchers hope could eventually ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Malaysia-Mulls-Releasing-GM-Mosquitoes-to-Combat-Dengue-Fever-73295-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Orissa-Village-Put-on-High-Alert-Over-Dengue-Fever-Threat-72179-1.htm The tribal dominated Balisahi village of Orissa has been put on high alert since a Dengue case was detected here last week. Twenty two-year-old Pramila Lima, who is four months pregnant, complained of high fever, shivering and acute pain in the limbs. On being taking to the nearby Behrampur hospital, she was found to be suffering from Malaria. She was later tested positive with Dengue following lateral tests. The doctors in the district hospital say that the villagers have been alerted and their blood samples have been collected....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Orissa-Village-Put-on-High-Alert-Over-Dengue-Fever-Threat-72179-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Impact-Of-Climate-Change-On-Dengue-Can-Throw-New-Light-67577-1.htm An Australian study on the impact of climate change on dengue fever could throw light on the mosquito-borne disease and perhaps pave the way for better control of the problem. Researchers from the School of Public Health in the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) are examining the relationship between climate change and the incidence of dengue in the northern Queensland city of Townsville and the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, combined with their rapid socio-environmental changes. Ms Shahera ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Impact-Of-Climate-Change-On-Dengue-Can-Throw-New-Light-67577-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Flightless-Female-Mosquitoes-Created-to-Control-Dengue-Fever-65486-1.htm According to British scientists and UC Irvine, they have developed a new strain of mosquitoes in which the females cannot fly and may help curb the transmission of dengue fever. Dengue fever causes severe flulike symptoms and is among the world's most pressing public health issues. The dengue virus is spread through the bite of infected female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, and there is no vaccine or treatment. UCI researchers and colleagues from Oxitec Ltd. and the University of Oxford created ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Flightless-Female-Mosquitoes-Created-to-Control-Dengue-Fever-65486-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Scientists-Find-Way-to-Control-Dengue-Fever-Spread-62806-1.htm Researchers from University of Queensland's (UQ) School of Biological Sciences claim to found a way to control the spread of dengue fever. The disease afflicts more than 50 million people and kills more than 40,000 worldwide every year. However, a team led by Professor Scott O'Neill insists mosquitoes transmitting dengue fever can be infected with a bacterium that can shorten their lifespan, lessening the chances of them infecting humans. "In a surprising development we have found that ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Scientists-Find-Way-to-Control-Dengue-Fever-Spread-62806-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Dengue-Fever-Epidemic-in-Cape-Verde-Stabilises-Report-60652-1.htm A dengue fever epidemic that has already killed six people in Cape Verde has stabilised with less than 600 new cases daily reported in the last two days, authorities here said Monday. The Atlanic island nation has recorded 12,000 cases of the crippling mosquito-borne disease since October 1. Last week the number of new cases was on average over 900 daily, the national epidemic surveillance service said Monday. The islands most affected are Santiago, Fogo, Maio and Brava. The drop in ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Dengue-Fever-Epidemic-in-Cape-Verde-Stabilises-Report-60652-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Cape-Verde-Steps-Up-Measures-to-Curb-Dengue-Fever-Epidemic-60433-1.htm Businesses, schools and government offices will remain closed in Cape Verde on Friday for a day of mobilisation in an attempt to curb a dengue epidemic which has killed four people since Sunday, authorities announced Wednesday. The World Health Organisation said last week that this is the first dengue epidemic ever recorded in the Cape Verde islands off the coast of West Africa. The Cape Verdean authorities said that since October 1, they have recorded almost 7,000 suspected cases of dengue, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Cape-Verde-Steps-Up-Measures-to-Curb-Dengue-Fever-Epidemic-60433-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Study-Explains-Shift-in-Age-Distribution-of-Dengue-Fever-in-Thailand-57332-1.htm A new paper in this week's open access journal IPLoS Medicine/I says that decreases in birth and death rates explain the shift in age distribution of dengue hemorrhagic fever in Thailand. Analyzing data from Thailand's 72 provinces to investigate why an increase in the average age of dengue hemorrhagic fever cases has been observed in the country, Derek Cummings from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA and colleagues find that a reduced birth rate and a shift in the age structure ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Study-Explains-Shift-in-Age-Distribution-of-Dengue-Fever-in-Thailand-57332-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Model-Developed-To-Prevent-And-Mitigate-The-Spread-Of-Dengue-Fever-52591-1.htm By using global climatological data and vegetation indices from Costa Rica, a team of researchers have developed a new model to predict Dengue outbreaks in the region. The interdisciplinary team is from the University of Miami (UM) and the University of Costa Rica. Dengue Fever (DF) and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) are the most important vector-borne viral diseases in the World, and are prevalent in the Tropics. The new model can predict Dengue Fever epidemics with 83 percent accuracy, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Model-Developed-To-Prevent-And-Mitigate-The-Spread-Of-Dengue-Fever-52591-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Researchers-Find-Therapeutic-Targets-To-Fight-Dengue-Fever-50418-1.htm Duke University Medical Center researchers have identified potential therapeutic targets to fight dengue fever. By painstakingly silencing genes one at a time, they have identified dozens of proteins the dengue fever virus depends upon to grow and spread among mosquitoes and humans. "Dengue is a nasty disease, and right now, there is no treatment for it and no way to prevent it. But if we can find a weakness in the virus, we can design a strategy to fight it. This study has helped us identify ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Researchers-Find-Therapeutic-Targets-To-Fight-Dengue-Fever-50418-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Potential-Therapeutic-Targets-to-Fight-Dengue-Fever-Identified-50410-1.htm Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have identified potential therapeutic targets to fight dengue fever. By painstakingly silencing genes one at a time, they have identified dozens of proteins the dengue fever virus depends upon to grow and spread among mosquitoes and humans. "Dengue is a nasty disease, and right now, there is no treatment for it and no way to prevent it. But if we can find a weakness in the virus, we can design a strategy to fight it. This study has helped us ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Potential-Therapeutic-Targets-to-Fight-Dengue-Fever-Identified-50410-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Dengue-Fever-Rages-in-Australian-Region-48087-1.htm The dengue fever outbreak in the Far North of Australia has been dubbed the worst ever. As many as 500 cases were reported in just three months,four times quicker than the previous record outbreak of 498 cases. In more worrying news for health authorities, Innisfail's first case of locally acquired dengue fever was detected yesterday with more expected throughout the weekend. The Innisfail strain of type 4 dengue fever signifies the first time on record that all four sub-types of the disease have ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Dengue-Fever-Rages-in-Australian-Region-48087-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Strain-of-Dengue-Fever-Emerges-in-Queensland-Deaths-Likely-47471-1.htm New strain of dengue fever emerges in Queensland, Australia and deaths are likely now, it is feared. Queensland Health says the dengue outbreak in Cairns will reach 400 in coming days with five to 10 new cases a day, but complicating matters is the emergence of dengue type two in Cairns. There are now three strains of the mosquito-borne virus circulating in the north, with Cairns recording 337 cases of type two and three, and Townsville recording 55 cases of dengue typethree and one. Health experts ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Strain-of-Dengue-Fever-Emerges-in-Queensland-Deaths-Likely-47471-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Breakthrough-Research-Could-Help-Stop-Dengue-Fever-In-Its-Tracks-45866-1.htm Australian researchers funded by US billionaire Bill Gates Friday claimed a breakthrough which could help in the fight against dengue fever by stopping the often deadly disease in its tracks. University of Queensland researchers said they have successfully infected the mosquito which spreads the tropical disease with a bacterium which halves its 30-day lifespan, thereby reducing its ability to transmit dengue to humans. Scientists hope their work will help halt the spread of the painful ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Breakthrough-Research-Could-Help-Stop-Dengue-Fever-In-Its-Tracks-45866-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Molecule-Key-to-Control-of-West-Nile-Virus-and-Dengue-Fever-Discovered-45171-1.htm Australian scientists have discovered a molecule that could prove the key to the development of a vaccine for West Nile virus and Dengue fever. A research team at the University of Queensland found all flaviviruses produced a small molecule which, among other functions, controlled the host's response to viral infection. (West Nile and Dengue are both caused by flaviviruses.) The molecule identified by the researchers, called a subgenomic noncoding ribonucleic acid (sfRNA), is a part of the virus genome....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Molecule-Key-to-Control-of-West-Nile-Virus-and-Dengue-Fever-Discovered-45171-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Scientists-Make-Breakthrough-Discovery-in-Lethal-Dengue-Fever-37005-1.htm Scientists in Taiwan believe they can explain how a form of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease that is triggering widening concern, reaps its deadly toll. Dengue is caused by four types of virus. Infection with any one of these viruses causes a mild fever and lifelong immunity to that strain. But a secondary infection by a different strain boosts the risk of dengue haemorrhagic fever, with internal bleeding, which can progress to the life-threatening dengue shock syndrome. It is ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Scientists-Make-Breakthrough-Discovery-in-Lethal-Dengue-Fever-37005-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Thais-Warned-of-Surge-in-Dengue-Fever-34158-1.htm A top Thai health official Friday warned of a surge in dengue fever after the mosquito-borne disease killed six people and infected nearly 6,000 this year. "It is likely that dengue fever will be more severe this year than last year," Thawat Suntrajarn, director-general of the disease control department at the public health ministry, told AFP. The disease has already killed six and sickened more than 5,800 since the beginning of this year, Thawat said, warning that the number of ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Thais-Warned-of-Surge-in-Dengue-Fever-34158-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Cambodias-Health-Education-About-Dengue-Fever-is-Insufficient-Says-Study-30278-1.htm Health education regarding the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of dengue fever is "insufficient, under-funded, and irregular" in Cambodia, according to a new study published in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Dengue fever, caused by a mosquito-transmitted virus, has become a significant public health problem in Cambodia, where a recent epidemic resulted in 34,542 cases and 365 deaths nationwide between January and August 2007. Health education is essential to dengue ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Cambodias-Health-Education-About-Dengue-Fever-is-Insufficient-Says-Study-30278-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Madhya-Pradesh-Under-the-Grip-of-Dengue-Fever-28202-1.htm Over two dozen people in Madhya Pradesh are suffering from dengue fever as the potentially fatal disease spread to Indore division after Jabalpur, health officials said. "While three cases of Dengue were reported from Khargone district in Indore division last week, one Kishanlal of village Moosakhedi admitted to the MY Hospital, Indore, has also been found to be suffering from dengue," a health department official said here. Kishanlal's two children, who were yet to be tested for dengue, too were suffering from high fever....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Madhya-Pradesh-Under-the-Grip-of-Dengue-Fever-28202-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Dengue-Fever-Has-Killed-75-in-Malaysia-So-Far-25825-1.htm Dengue fever has killed 75 people in Malaysia so far this year, local media reported Saturday, with a spike in the mosquito-bourne disease blamed on lingering hot, wet weather. The situation was "under control," the New Straits Times said quoting a health ministry statement, but people were urged clear any stagnant water from around their homes to stamp out Aedes mosquito breeding grounds. Malaysia is among many Southeast Asian countries which have seen dengue cases rise this year, leading to warnings of a possible epidemic....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Dengue-Fever-Has-Killed-75-in-Malaysia-So-Far-25825-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Dengue-Fever-in-Singapore-Likely-to-Increase-Minister-23678-1.htm Dengue fever cases in Singapore, which is currently battling an outbreak, are expected to increase in the months ahead as temperatures soar, the city-state's environment minister said Monday. Yaacob Ibrahim, who is also the minister for water resources, told parliament there were 3,597 dengue fever cases in the first-half of 2007, more than double the 1,574 cases reported in the same period last year. He said "cases are expected to continue to rise in the warmer months ahead" and ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Dengue-Fever-in-Singapore-Likely-to-Increase-Minister-23678-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Singapore-Dengue-Fever-Cases-Hit-Years-Peak-23413-1.htm Dengue fever cases in affluent Singapore have surged to their highest level this year and remain at epidemic levels, official figures showed Tuesday. Health ministry figures showed 432 people were infected last week, the second week in a row that the number of cases exceeded the ministry's "epidemic threshold" of 378 cases per week. "Singapore is facing an increase in dengue cases," the ministry and the National Environment Agency said in a joint statement. "The ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Singapore-Dengue-Fever-Cases-Hit-Years-Peak-23413-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/30-Dead-as-Dengue-Fever-Epidemic-Hits-Myanmar-Report-23358-1.htm Dengue fever killed 30 people in Myanmar in the first six months of the year, local media said Monday, making it the latest country in the region to experience a surge in the mosquito-borne disease. Than Winn, a senior Myanmar health ministry official, told the weekly Myanmar Times newspaper that the number of cases was soaring. "In the first six months of this year there have been about 3,000 cases of the disease and 30 deaths. This is much higher than the first six months of 2006," Than Winn said....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/30-Dead-as-Dengue-Fever-Epidemic-Hits-Myanmar-Report-23358-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Dengue-Fever-Cases-Up-36-Percent-in-Thailand-Report-23298-1.htm Cases of dengue fever in Thailand have risen 36 percent since last year, local press reported Sunday, as an epidemic of the mosquito-borne disease swept the region. The outbreak has killed 17 people in Thailand and affected more than 21,000 since the beginning of the year, the English-language Nation newspaper reported, quoting figures from the health ministry. It said that the number infected by the virus, which is especially dangerous in children and the elderly, had risen by 36 percent from the same period in 2006....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Dengue-Fever-Cases-Up-36-Percent-in-Thailand-Report-23298-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Dengue-Fever-Deaths-Up-in-Vietnam-22540-1.htm Dengue fever has infected almost 20,000 people in Vietnam in the first six months of the year and killed 21, seven more than in the same period last year, the health ministry said Friday. Higher temperatures and rainfalls have been blamed for the nearly 15 percent rise to 19,144 new infections from the mosquito-borne disease, which have been concentrated in the poverty-stricken southern Mekong delta. Malaysia and other Southeast Asian countries have also seen surging cases of the virus that causes ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Dengue-Fever-Deaths-Up-in-Vietnam-22540-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=18754 Dengue fever is likely to resurface in Vietnam in April if the burgeoning number of mosquitoes isn't curbed, the Ministry of Health has warned. In a note sent recently to 64 provinces and cities, the ministry warned that Vietnam's mosquito population - distributor of dengue fever - has increased dramatically recently. The ministry said that if a dengue epidemic surfaced, death tolls could overtake those of the 1998 outbreak, when over 400 people perished. The ministry instructed all ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=18754 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=18655 A total of 654 new cases of dengue fever were reported across Paraguay in the last 24 hours, much higher than an average of 400 new cases a day last week, Paraguay's health authorities said on Wednesday. Paraguayan President Nicanor Duarte Frutos has not yet declared the epidemic to be a health emergency, despite several experts calling for the declaration. Dengue fever is a viral infection spread by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, with symptoms of high fever, nausea, rash, backache and headache....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=18655 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=17931 A seasonal dengue fever outbreak in 14 of Indonesia's 33 provinces has killed at least 75 people and afflicted over 4,800 since New Year's Day, health officials said Tuesday. But this month's figure was much less compared to the same period last year when over 18,900 people were infected and the disease claimed 192 lives, said Erna Tresnaningsih, a health ministry official. The ministry had taken several measures to reduce the rate of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease that spreads ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=17931 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=17808 Dengue fever is a viral infection transmitted through the bite of a mosquito. Symptoms can be mild with patients never knowing they have been infected. However, in more unfortunate cases, Dengue fever can lead to haemorrhagic tendency triggering the often-fatal Dengue Shock Syndrome. Because some people experience only limited symptoms, they can unwittingly transport the virus from the tropics back to their home country. The Dengue virus increases the permeability of blood vessels causing blood loss leading to shock....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=17808 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=17416 ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=17416 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=16039 The Pediatric Dengue Vaccine Initiative (PDVI), a program of the International Vaccine Institute (IVI), and Hawaii Biotech , announced today their partnership to help develop and make a Dengue vaccine widely available for the global prevention of Dengue fever, the second most widespread tropical disease after malaria. Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease to which over 2 billion people are exposed and which leads to infection in up to 100 million people every year, primarily children. Dengue ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=16039 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=15173 Dengue fever is spreading rapidly through Latin America and the Caribbean. More than 1,400 cases of dengue fever are being treated in Panama even as 40 deaths have been reported from the Dominican Republic and 10 in Colombia. According to official data quoted by Cuba's Prensa Latina news agency, nearly 25,000 Panamanians have been affected by dengue fever since 1993. The fever is also taking its toll in the Dominican Republic. The total number of patients hit by the disease this year is ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=15173 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=14696 A seventh semester student of the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here died Saturday of dengue even as authorities said measures were being taken to control spread of the deadly fever in the campus. Kamal Raj Kiran was admitted in a special ward of AIIMS after he had tested positive for dengue Thursday. His condition deteriorated and he was operated upon Friday to stop brain haemorrhage. "Kiran, a native of Hyderabad and a seventh semester student of our institute, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=14696 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=6000 As many as 5 people have lost their lives in Pakistan due to the outbreak of dengue, more familiarly known as the Congo fever. Another 40 people are reported to have been infected by the disease.Br 'Five patients suspected of having contracted Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) are dead, including a lady doctor, while 40 others are infected and are under observation in hospitals,' a spokesman of the Health Ministry said. All the hospitals in Karachi have been put on alert, with careful screening of all incoming patients....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=6000 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=5844 A dengue fever vaccine full of promise is being tried in the Asia Pacific region, says drug giant GlaxoSmithKline. Earlier trials of the GlaxoSmithKline vaccine have been completed in the US and further testing on a few hundred Thai volunteers should be finished by the end of next year, Dr. Hans L. Bock told the Straits Times. "We have a strong interest in making the vaccine available fast, given that this is an issue of major public need," said Bock, vice president and director of clinical ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=5844 http://www.medindia.net/news/Dengue-fever-in-Delhi-after-the-Monsoon-4735-1.htm N.Delhi is affected by the dengue fever that can sometime be deadly and this is due to the breeding mosquitoes after the monsoon. Dengue fever is a benign acute febrile syndrome occurring in tropical regions, which is the most important mosquito (Aedes aegypti), transmitted viral disease. The virus causes Dengue shock syndrome in 20-30% of infected cases. There are four types (known as "serotypes") of dengue. Infection and recovery from one type of dengue does not protect a person from another type....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Dengue-fever-in-Delhi-after-the-Monsoon-4735-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=2088 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=2088