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Dengue Fever

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Name: Dengue Fever
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 23 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Health)
NEW DELHI: The dengue menace continued unabated in the national capital with 25 fresh cases being reported today, taking the total number of those suffering from the vector-borne disease to 970.The city has reported more than 340 cases of dengue in the ... [Times of India - 23 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents
Bandeiras donated medicine to São Filipe Regional Hospital on Tuesday, November 7, as a part of the campaign aimed at fighting the dengue epidemic. The donation is aimed at helping the hospital combat the epidemic, which is known to have affected at least ... [A Semana Cape Verde - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)
For those of you who are interested in the latest Clinical Practice Guideline for Management of Dengue Infection in Adults (2nd edition), you can download the Quick Guide here : (pdf format, 1.9 MB)from the Malaysian Medical ResourcesManagement of Dengue ... [Malaysian Medical Resources - 11/19/2009]
Entities: Dengue Fever
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)
Cuba's research efforts have kept the island free of dengue feverWHO/TDR/CrumpCuba shows how a resource-poor country can use research to tackle a global health problem such as dengue fever, say Cuban scientists Maria G. Guzmán and Gustavo Kourí.The country ... [SciDev.Net - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)
The national capital Thursday reported 32 new dengue cases, taking the total number of people infected with the vector-borne disease to 945, health officials said.'In the last 24 hours, we have recorded 32 new dengue cases in the capital. The cumulative ... [NetIndia123.com - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)
Study: H5N1 needs double mutation to gain human transmissibilityA team of British and American researchers say their experiments suggest that the H5N1 avian influenza virus would have to undergo at least two simultaneous mutations to gain the ability ... [Centre For Infectious Disease Research and Policy - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)
VietNamNet Bridge – Dengue fever has killed two more patients in Hanoi, reported the Hanoi Department of Health on November 19.The victims are a 53-year-old woman in Ha Dong district and a 15-year-old boy in Dong Anh district. In late September, the capital ... [VietNamNet Bridge - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)
Bhopal: In order to check the spread of dengue fever in Madhya Pradesh, the government today announced in the Assembly to install single donor platelets Apheresis Machine for providing platelets to the needy patients free of cost.The machine will be installed ... [DNA India - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Politics)
Padang (ANTARA News) - WHO Director General Dr Margaret Chan reminded quake victims in West Sumatra to sprinkle salt on collapsed houses and buildings because such places provide good breeding locations for mosquitos.The WHO director general made the ... [Antara News - 13 hours ago]
First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Health)
A program executed by PAHO for the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is addressing the most widespread communicable diseases in South America. The PCPCD program currently reaches five countries (Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela) ... [Pan American Health Organization - 12 hours ago]
First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Health)
The state Health Department has sanctioned Rs 6 crore for the vector-borne disease control programme, particularly in the urban areas of the state.But residents in the posh areas in Ahmedabad northwest zone are unwilling to let the health department workers ... [Indian Express - 12 hours ago]
First Reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Health)
Washington, Nov 16 : A new study has found little evidence to show that factors like local rainfall and temperature have a significant impact on the incidence of dengue.Large outbreaks of dengue, a vector-borne viral disease spread by the Aedes aegypti ... [NewKerala.com - 11 hours ago]

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According to the Delhi health department, the dengue cases are likely to come down within next 7 to 10 days with the fall in temperature. "The temperature has recorded a fall in past two days and it will help in checking the breeding of mosquitoes" state nodal officer for dengue cases Debashish Bhattacharya told IANS
...Michigan - uninvolved in the research - states in a related Perspective, the absence of a predictable link between El Nino and dengue transmission "is an important piece of information for the development of early warning systems"
..." He added: "We are distributing pamphlets and organising meetings with the society secretaries as well. Earlier, Information, Education and Communication (IEC) exercise was carried out by 1,400 workers on a contractual basis. With the available funds, we might revamp the structure and appoint volunteers for awareness and collection of blood samples for the vector borne disease." He said that 347 cases of dengue have been reported in Ahmedabad city
The city has reported more than 340 cases of dengue in the past 10 days. "With 25 fresh positive cases of dengue, the total has reached 970. There are 13 cases in which the infection has been contracted from outside Delhi MCD's Municipal Health Officer N K Yadav said."

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Cordillera dengue cases up by 90.6% [Manila Bulletin - 4 hours ago]
Vaccines are back with a vengeance [Tennessean - 4 hours ago]
Dengue fever claims 2 lives in Vavuniyaa [TamilNet - 6 hours ago]
Sri Lanka: Dengue fever claims 2 lives in Vavun... [TamilNet Newswire - 7 hours ago]
Officials urge steps against mosquitoes to figh... [Individual.com - 7 hours ago]
Publication serves as a guide to build producti... [News-Medical.Net - 8 hours ago]
25 new dengue cases reported in Delhi [Topnews.in - 8 hours ago]
Barrick Gold, Labor Ministry join to help towns... [Dominican Today - 9 hours ago]
Study demonstrates associations between rainfal... [NewKerala.com - 11 hours ago]
Mosquito menace: AMC educates society guards [Indian Express - 12 hours ago]
PAHO and Canada Target Communicable Diseases in... [Pan American Health Organization - 12 hours ago]
WHO calls on quake victims to sprinkle salt on ... [Antara News - 13 hours ago]
CLIMATE CHANGE: Health at Risk [Inter Press Service - 14 hours ago]
Case Studies Offer Inside Look at Effective Way... [Street Insider - 17 hours ago]
Vaccines boost bottom line for drug firms [STLtoday.com - 20 hours ago]
25 new dengue cases in Delhi [Times of India - 23 hours ago]
Steps to check dengue fever in Madhya Pradesh [DNA India - 11/20/2009]
Hanoi: two more die of dengue fever [VietNamNet Bridge - 11/20/2009]
Researchers to discover new vaccine against inf... [News-Medical.Net - 11/20/2009]
Tick Saliva: New Target for Lyme Disease Vaccine [Howard Hughes Medical Institute - 11/20/2009]
NEWS SCAN: H5N1 transmission study, Egypt H5N1 ... [Centre For Infectious Disease Research and Policy - 11/20/2009]
32 new dengue cases take total to 945 in Delhi [NetIndia123.com - 11/19/2009]
Casa das Bandeiras donates medicine to São... [A Semana Cape Verde - 11/19/2009]
Moved into Permanent Home, SRI's CADRE Boosts P... [GenomeWeb - 11/19/2009]
Company offers Prime Minister health insurance [A Semana Cape Verde - 11/19/2009]
Dengue-free Cuba an example to developing count... [SciDev.Net - 11/19/2009]
Dengue cases near 950 in Delhi, councillors con... [DNA India - 11/19/2009]
AVI BioPharma, Inc. Presents Update on AVI-4658... [Market Wire via MSN Money - 11/19/2009]
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King to host 2,000 Palestin... [Siasat Daily - 11/19/2009]
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New and Exciting in PLoS this week [A Blog Arou... [ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - 11/17/2009]
Article-Level Metrics and the Evolution of Scientific Impact: Formally published papers that have been through a traditional prepublication peer review process ...
Mexico: Senators demand explanation for rise in... [H5N1 - 11/12/2009]
Via Excélsior: Senadores solicitarán información a SSA sobre aumento en casos de influenza. [Senators demand information from Health about rise in flu cases] Excerpt, ...
A little good news from Mexico [H5N1 - 11/10/2009]
Via Diario de Yucatán: Menos influenza y dengue en Yucatán. [Less flu and dengue in Yucatán] Excerpt, with my translation:El secretario de Salud en el Estado, Álvaro ...
Argentina: Another H1N1 death [H5N1 - 11/03/2009]
A brief report in the Buenos Aires Herald: H1N1: 22 year old dies in BA province. A 22 year old passed away due to the H1N1 swine flu virus at Erill Hospital ...
Starving Dengue Fever Virus of Critical Buildin... [ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - 11/02/2009]
The following press release touches on a recently emerging and probably valid method of addressing some infections. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments ...
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Dengue fever on the rise [Reuters Video: Top News - 09/03/2009]
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