News tagged with dengue virus
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Scientists prove hypothesis on the mystery of dengue virus infection
A leading immunology research institute has validated the long-held and controversial hypothesis that antibodies - usually the "good guys" in the body's fight against viruses - instead contribute to severe dengue virus-induced ...
Feb 11, 2010 |
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Population movement can be critical factor in dengue's spread
Human movement is a key factor of dengue virus inflow in Rio de Janeiro, according to results from researchers based at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) in Brazil. The results, based on data from a severe epidemic in ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Rethinking the antibody-dependent enhancement dengue hemorrhagic fever model
Research published this week in PLoS Medicine challenges the dogma of the antibody-dependent enhancement model (ADE) for the development of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF).
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Oct 26, 2009 |
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Singaporean scientists conduct world's first remote X-ray scattering experiment
On 26th May, Nanyang Technological University's School of Biological Science (SBS) will pioneer the world's first remotely controlled Solution X-Ray Scattering (SAXS) experiment. The experiment will be initiated from Singapore ...
May 26, 2009 |
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Scientists identify host factors critical to dengue virus infection
By painstakingly silencing genes one at a time, scientists at Duke University Medical Center have identified dozens of proteins the dengue fever virus depends upon to grow and spread among mosquitoes and humans.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 22, 2009 |
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Working to eradicate dengue fever
(PhysOrg.com) -- A research project led by University of Notre Dame biologist Malcolm J. Fraser Jr. may soon lead to the eradication of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne viral disease that annually infects more ...
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Apr 13, 2009 |
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Local climate influences dengue transmission
Researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have found that dengue transmission in Puerto Rico is dependent upon local climate and short-term ...
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Feb 17, 2009 |
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Researchers determine how mosquitoes survive dengue virus infection
Colorado State University researchers have discovered that mosquitoes that transmit deadly viruses such as dengue avoid becoming ill by mounting an immediate, potent immune response. Because their immune system does not eliminate ...
Feb 13, 2009 |
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New test may help to ensure that dengue vaccines do no harm
As vaccines against a virus that infects 100 million people annually reach late-stage clinical trials this year, researchers have developed a test to better predict whether a given vaccine candidate should protect patients ...
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Feb 12, 2009 |
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