• Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a diverse group of tropical infections that are common in low-income populations in developing regions of Africa, Asia, and the Americas. (wikipedia.org)
  • Twenty neglected tropical diseases are prioritized by the World Health Organization (WHO), though other organizations define NTDs differently. (wikipedia.org)
  • Muscat, 30 January 2022 - World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day is an international awareness day aiming to combat neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and ensure progress towards universal health coverage. (who.int)
  • NTDs are a diverse group of 20 conditions that are mainly prevalent in tropical areas such as dengue, snakebites, sleeping sickness, trachoma, and leprosy. (who.int)
  • Diseases such as schistosomiases, leishmaniasis and others that were previously endemic in Oman no longer remain so and this is a real milestone that reflects Oman's impactful work in fighting NTDs. (who.int)
  • World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day brings everyone together to unify behind a common goal: beating NTDs. (who.int)
  • You may not be familiar, however, with schistosomiasis, Chagas disease, leishmaniasis or trachoma, which fall under the umbrella of " neglected tropical diseases " (or NTDs for short). (discovermagazine.com)
  • Mortality linked to NTDs is often lower than other diseases, but Basáñez states they can lead to a huge burden of disability, which in turn impacts economies. (discovermagazine.com)
  • There are 179 countries across the globe that have reported at least one case of NTDs in 2021, but the disease burden is concentrated in just 16 countries. (discovermagazine.com)
  • The reasons why NTDs are neglected are complex. (discovermagazine.com)
  • The panel then turned to the importance of continued research to fully assess the threat of these diseases in the U.S. Dean Buekens pointed out that it is extremely difficult to find funding to study the prevalence of NTDs in the US because most people don't associate NTDs with this country. (researchamerica.org)
  • Applications of Nanobiotechnology for Neglected Tropical Diseases describes recent advances in nanobiotechnology that can be applied to reducing the global disease burden of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). (researchandmarkets.com)
  • Malnutrition makes the South-East Asian population particularly vulnerable to neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) alongside emerging infectious diseases from arbovirus infections, dengue, chikungunya, Japanese encephalitis, and the continuing concern of a pandemic influenza outbreak. (eurekalert.org)
  • The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are the world's most common infections of people living in poverty [1] . (plos.org)
  • Together, the PLOS "Geopolitics of Neglected Tropical Diseases" collection and the G20 analyses identified more than a dozen areas of the world that repeatedly show up as ones where NTDs disproportionately affect the poorest people living at the margins. (plos.org)
  • Number of people requiring treatment and care for any one of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) targeted by the WHO NTD Roadmap and World Health Assembly resolutions and reported to WHO. (who.int)
  • These diseases are contrasted with the "big three" infectious diseases (HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria), which generally receive greater treatment and research funding. (wikipedia.org)
  • In sub-Saharan Africa, the effect of neglected tropical diseases as a group is comparable to that of malaria and tuberculosis. (wikipedia.org)
  • DEN initially shows symptoms similar to other diseases such as Chikungunya, malaria and influenza[ 4 , 5 ]. (lww.com)
  • For the first time in 20 years, malaria has been locally transmitted in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified eight cases in Florida and Texas of malaria, a disease that can cause health problems like fever and nausea and even lead to death. (ewg.org)
  • These malaria cases appear amid rising rates of other diseases transmitted by ticks and insects, which can cause serious health problems, even death. (ewg.org)
  • Scientists have made great strides in recent decades in reducing the threat of mosquito-borne diseases, including malaria. (mystateline.com)
  • The conferences covered a range of tropical illnesses, including malaria, dengue, neglected tropical diseases, as well as other infectious diseases. (malariaconsortium.org)
  • The Global Fund to Fight Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Tuberculosis and Malaria and other partners have been worked with local authorities to strengthen the health system and to address the diseases of the century, especially human immunodeficiency virus (HIV/AIDS). (scirp.org)
  • Despite substantial progress in recent years, which has seen reductions in deaths from HIV and malaria and an increase in tuberculosis treatment coverage, the South-East Asia region continues to bear a significant proportion of the communicable disease burden worldwide. (eurekalert.org)
  • Covid-19 has disrupted the control of other infectious diseases in myriad ways, hindering routine vaccination programs, impeding the distribution of bed nets against malaria, and reducing TB services, among others. (eurekalert.org)
  • Nigeria and Ghana have provisionally approved a new malaria vaccine developed by scientists at the University of Oxford, and Japanese drugmaker Takeda Pharmaceutical's dengue shot is being steadily rolled out around the world. (channelnewsasia.com)
  • Neglected tropical diseases like Chagas and dengue fever impact more than 200 million people across the globe. (discovermagazine.com)
  • the condition was first described during World War I. Contemporary B quintana disease, commonly referred to as urban trench fever, is typically found in homeless, alcoholic, and poor populations. (medscape.com)
  • Every year about 500,000 DEN patients require hospitalization for dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF)[ 2 ]. (lww.com)
  • Using the only licensed dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia, the Philippines launched its first public immunisation program for dengue fever for more than a million children in April. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • While dengue symptoms can be as mild as a fever and achy muscles, they can also cause persistent vomiting, bleeding, difficulty breathing and even death. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • It [dengue fever] is a huge problem, especially in regions near the tropics. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • Dawn Wesson discussed the rise in mosquitoes that can transmit dengue fever in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. (researchamerica.org)
  • The NITD, a wholly owned Novartis affiliate supported by Singapore's Economic Development Board, is now focusing on discovering novel ways to prevent and treat tuberculosis and dengue fever-two neglected diseases prevalent in the developing world. (the-scientist.com)
  • Initially, the NITD will focus on two major tropical diseases: dengue fever and tuberculosis. (the-scientist.com)
  • Dengue fever, which is caused by a mosquito-borne virus of the flaviridae family, has grown to epidemic proportions in many tropical regions, and currently infects about 50 million people yearly. (the-scientist.com)
  • In about 500,000 patients, mostly children, the fever progresses to often-deadly dengue hemorrhagic fever / dengue shock syndrome, which kills about 25,000 patients annually. (the-scientist.com)
  • Colón-González FJ , Harris I, Osborn TJ, Bernardo CSS, Peres CA, Hunter PR, Warren R, Van Vuuren D, Lake IR (2018) Limiting global-mean temperature increase to 1.5-2 °C could reduce the incidence and spatial spread of dengue fever in Latin America. (tyndall.ac.uk)
  • TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - For decades, preventing dengue fever in Honduras has meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites. (mystateline.com)
  • When you come down with a case of dengue fever, it's often akin to getting the worst case of influenza you can imagine," said Conor McMeniman, a mosquito researcher at Johns Hopkins University. (mystateline.com)
  • Symptomatic infections vary from a mild, flu-like illness known as dengue fever (DF) to a life-threatening form called severe dengue (SD) [ 8 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Severe dengue was previously known as dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF)/dengue shock syndrome (DSS) [ 8 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • 3 Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Research Unit Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University. (nih.gov)
  • 12 Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Research Unit Center for Emerging and Neglected Infectious Diseases Medical Biotechnology Research Unit, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, National Science and Technology Development Agency, Bangkok. (nih.gov)
  • Take dengue - sometimes known as "break-bone fever", which gives you some idea of its symptoms - which has exploded over the past few decades. (channelnewsasia.com)
  • Vu HH, Okumura J, Hashizume M, Tran DN, Yamamoto T. Regional differences in the growing incidence of dengue fever in Vietnam explained by weather variability. (who.int)
  • Seasonal patterns of dengue fever and associated climate factors in 4 provinces in Vietnam from 1994 to 2013. (who.int)
  • Promprou S, Jaroensutasinee M, Jaroensutasinee K. Climatic Factors Affecting Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever Incidence in Southern Thailand. (who.int)
  • Genomic epidemiological characteristics of dengue fever in Guangdong province, China from 2013 to 2017. (cdc.gov)
  • On the other hand, in tropical countries, another concern arises due to the similar spectrum of clinical manifestations between COVID-19 and dengue fever. (bvsalud.org)
  • The burden of dengue fever and the sustainability of their viral strains with changing meteorological parameters in parallel to COVID-19 waves were analyzed. (bvsalud.org)
  • According to the data in this, Brazilian investments in prophylaxis and control of neglected diseases fell by 42% between 2016 and 2017, to R$21 million (approximately $5.5 million). (iam-media.com)
  • By 2017, the number of people receiving preventive treatment for at least one of the diseases should reach 1.5 billion. (centerwatch.com)
  • Diagnosis and Treatment of Neurocysticercosis: 2017 Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH). (medscape.com)
  • The report highlights capability and generation trends from 2017 to 2029 in Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Treatment market. (pharmiweb.com)
  • Bugs infected with the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi can cause Chagas disease, which mainly spreads in rural areas of Latin America where poverty is widespread. (discovermagazine.com)
  • The insects that transmit Chagas disease, called "kissing bugs" are also found in the southern half of the US and studies have shown that up to 60% of the bugs in parts of New Orleans are infected with the Chagas parasite. (researchamerica.org)
  • Nanomedicines against Chagas disease 10. (researchandmarkets.com)
  • Sanofi-aventis has agreed to renew its support for the WHO program to eliminate sleeping sickness, and its support for Buruli ulcer, Chagas disease and leishmaniasis for the next five years. (disabled-world.com)
  • This continued support will ensure that necessary resources will be available also to move forward in combating leishmaniasis, Buruli ulcer and Chagas disease. (disabled-world.com)
  • Bayer has started discussions with WHO on how to evolve their current commitment to fight sleeping sickness and Chagas disease. (disabled-world.com)
  • BRAMU specialises in neglected tropical diseases, such as dengue and Chagas, and other infectious diseases. (msf.org)
  • Medscape 's Portuguese edition spoke with André Siqueira, MD, PhD, an infectious disease specialist and researcher at the Laboratory of Acute Febrile Diseases at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation's Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases. (medscape.com)
  • Lymphatic filariasis (LF) and onchocerciasis also occur, and Brazil has the largest number of Chagas disease cases in the world-1.9 million cases-although transmission of Chagas disease in the country has been greatly diminished or even eliminated [7] . (plos.org)
  • On November 7, 2022, dengue virus (DENV), which is not endemic in the continental United States, [ 1 ] was identified in a Maricopa County, Arizona resident by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing at Arizona State Public Health Laboratory (ASPHL). (medscape.com)
  • OSAKA, JAPAN & CAMBRIDGE, MASS.--( Business Wire / Korea Newswire ) August 23, 2022 -- Takeda (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) today announced the company's dengue vaccine, QDENGA® (Dengue Tetravalent Vaccine [Live, Attenuated]) (TAK-003), was approved by the Indonesia National Agency for Drug and Food Control, Badan Pengawas Obat dan Makanan (BPOM), for the prevention of dengue disease caused by any serotype in individuals six years to 45 years of age. (newswire.co.kr)
  • 3,4] In the first half of 2022 alone, Indonesia reported over 63,000 dengue cases and nearly 600 deaths spread across 455 cities in 34 provinces. (newswire.co.kr)
  • In Brazil, 1016 people died from dengue in 2022. (medscape.com)
  • In 2022 Sudan encountered the most widespread infection of both diseases. (who.int)
  • The research is believed to be the first to systematically measure dengue and chikungunya infection rates in India. (sciencedaily.com)
  • There are not yet any vaccines to prevent infection with dengue virus. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Dengue (DEN) is a result of infection by one or multiple types of four dengue viruses known as Dengue virus (DENV) 1-4. (lww.com)
  • India represents about half of the global population estimated to be at risk of dengue infection by the World Health Organization. (globalhealthprogress.org)
  • Following infection with one serotype, subsequent infection with a different serotype increases a person's risk of severe dengue and death. (paho.org)
  • If implemented widely, they can substantially reduce the disease burden, breaking a cycle of infection, disability and lost opportunities that keep people in poverty. (disabled-world.com)
  • The consequences of long-term infection vary from disease to disease and include blindness, disfiguring scars and ulcers, severe pain, limb deformities, impaired mental and physical development, and damage to internal organs. (disabled-world.com)
  • But dengue is the exception: Its rate of infection keeps going up. (mystateline.com)
  • Ecological changes have favored the geographic expansion of the vector and, since the dengue pandemic in the Asian and Pacific regions, the infection became widely distributed worldwide, reaching Brazil in 1845. (hindawi.com)
  • Knowledge about the pathogenesis of dengue infection is limited, but both viral and immune host factors appear to be associated with severe illness [ 26 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Though the new paper did not find a greater abundance of mosquitos leading to greater infection risk, the link between larger mosquito populations and disease outbreaks warrants further investigation, the authors said. (mongabay.com)
  • Infection by any of the 4 dengue virus (DENV) serotypes can result in a spectrum of disease severity. (nih.gov)
  • In particular, I am interested in the development of sound methods for the analysis of infectious disease data, with the aim to get insights on dynamics of infection and transmission and to support decision making. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • So a lot of mosquitoes that can transmit dengue will be moving towards regions that are now considered to be temperate, either north or south of the tropics. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • Cases have been reported in Florida, where there are known colonies of Aedes aegypti, a dengue-carrying mosquito. (sciencedaily.com)
  • In the Americas, Aedes aegypti is the mosquito vector that is the main source of dengue transmission. (paho.org)
  • The female Aedes aegypti is responsible for the transmission of diseases because she needs human blood for the development of her eggs and for her metabolism. (paho.org)
  • The introduction of the naturally occurring wMel Wolbachia strain into Aedes aegypti mosquitoes has been shown to reduce the ability of the mosquitoes to transmit dengue and other viruses. (mvcac.org)
  • The Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that most commonly spread dengue have been resistant to insecticides, which have fleeting results even in the best-case scenario. (mystateline.com)
  • It is caused by any of four Dengue virus types or serotypes (DENV-1 to DENV-4) and is transmitted by mosquitoes from the genus Aedes . (hindawi.com)
  • The vector mosquitoes - Aedes aegypti (present in Brazil) and Aedes albopictus (more common in Asia) - have been found there, with 24 countries reporting the presence of the vector mosquitoes, and with cases of dengue and chikungunya being reported since 2010. (medscape.com)
  • The main dengue vector is the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which is drawn to urban habitats and reproduces mainly in artificial water containers inside or outside households [ 3 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The Aedes aegypti mosquito, with its distinctive white-spotted spindly legs, is one of our species' most irksome foes, sucking blood and capable of spreading dangerous diseases like dengue. (mongabay.com)
  • Dengue virus is transmitted by female mosquitoes mainly of the species Aedes aegypti and, to a lesser extent, Ae. (who.int)
  • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases is the top Open Access tropical medicine journal, featuring an International Editorial Board and increased support for developing country authors. (plos.org)
  • The researchers, reporting July 16 in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases , tested blood samples from 1,010 people across 50 locations in Chennai, a city with over 6 million people in South India, and found that nearly all of them had been exposed to dengue and 44 percent had been exposed to chikungunya. (sciencedaily.com)
  • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases announces a collection on vector-borne diseases. (plos.org)
  • Social and environmental risk factors for dengue in Delhi city: A retrospective study », PloS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15(2) . (csh-delhi.com)
  • Oliver Telle, former head researcher of the Urban Dynamics department of CSH has co-authored (along with CSH members Rupali Pal and Samuel Benkimoun) an article on dengue in Delhi published in PLOS Neglected Tropical. (csh-delhi.com)
  • All that additional water could be promoting mosquito breeding, a new study from Kenya in the journal PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases says. (mongabay.com)
  • To commemorate the Fifth Anniversary of the launch of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases , we are releasing a collection of the most-viewed research articles from each of the five years that the journal has published. (plos.org)
  • Since the founding of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases more than six years ago, I have written about the interface between disease and geopolitics. (plos.org)
  • Many of the published papers in this area were recently re-organized in a PLOS "Geopolitics of Neglected Tropical Diseases" collection that was posted on our website in the fall of 2012, coinciding with the start of our sixth anniversary [3] . (plos.org)
  • DALYs 12/100,000 in 2010 rate by 50% by 2020, reduce dengue mortality rate by 25% by 2020, and estimate the true incidence of the disease by 2015 (2010 is used as a baseline). (cdc.gov)
  • Dengue is the most widespread of all mosquito-borne viral infections, with a 30-fold increase in incidence over past 50 y. (cdc.gov)
  • Preventing outbreaks and reducing the incidence of dengue in targeted communities in India and South East Asia. (globalhealthprogress.org)
  • Dengue incidence has increased in the Americas over the past four decades, from 1.5 million cumulative cases in the 1980s to 16,2 million in the decade 2010-2019. (paho.org)
  • This intervention forms the basis of an epidemiological study to assess the impact of operational deployment of wMel Wolbachia on the reduction of the incidence of notified dengue cases and virologically-confirmed dengue. (mvcac.org)
  • The incidence of dengue in Brazil has been frequently high, and the number of cases in the country has at some point in time represented up to 60% of the dengue reported cases worldwide. (hindawi.com)
  • In addition to the rise in temperatures and the changes in rainfall patterns, which favor the proliferation of disease-transmitting mosquitoes, the WHO mentioned a few other reasons for the increase in the incidence of arboviruses worldwide: the acceleration of urbanization, which is associated with basic sanitation problems, and the fact that people are out and about again, travelling around locally and internationally now that COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted. (medscape.com)
  • Objective: This study aims to enhance the capacity of dengue prediction by investigating the relationship of dengue incidence with climate and environmental factors in the Mekong Delta region (MDR) of Viet Nam by using remote sensing data. (who.int)
  • Monthly data sets from 2000 to 2016 were used to construct autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models to predict dengue incidence for 12 provinces across the study region. (who.int)
  • Results: The final models were able to predict dengue incidence from January to December 2016 that concurred with the observation that dengue epidemics occur mostly in rainy seasons. (who.int)
  • Conclusion: We demonstrated the use of remote sensing data in time-series to develop a model of dengue incidence in the MDR of Viet Nam. (who.int)
  • Results indicated that this approach could be an effective method to predict regional dengue incidence and its trends. (who.int)
  • Correlation of climatic factors and dengue incidence in Metro Manila, Philippines. (who.int)
  • Identification of the prediction model for dengue incidence in Can Tho city, a Mekong Delta area in Vietnam. (who.int)
  • DENV varies in greater incidence of severe illness, fatality, and longer- presentation from asymptomatic infections to dengue term disability ( 8-10 ). (who.int)
  • Neglected diseases are a diverse group of communicable diseases in roughly 150 countries, mainly in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, which affect more than 1 billion people and cost developing economies billions of dollars every year. (iam-media.com)
  • As the battle against the pandemic continues, so too must our progress against communicable diseases, for which WHO will continue to pull out all stops in support of our Member States, partners, and the Region's near 2 billion people. (eurekalert.org)
  • Whole genome sequencing by CDC's Dengue Branch later revealed that closely related DENV-3 strains not known to be circulating in the patient's travel region were identified in both patient A and pool A, suggesting local DENV transmission. (medscape.com)
  • CDC Arboviral Diseases Branch confirmed DENV-3 by plaque reduction neutralization testing. (medscape.com)
  • Dengue Virus (DENV) belongs to the genus flavivirus in the Flaviviridae family. (lww.com)
  • The four dengue serotypes (DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3 and DENV-4) circulate throughout the Americas, and in some countries simultaneously. (paho.org)
  • Dengue is an arthropod-borne disease caused by the Dengue virus (DENV) [ 1 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • While there has been no definitive association of the distinct DENV types with clinical course of disease, there are reports suggesting that DENV-2 and DENV-3 cause severe disease more frequently than the other serotypes and that DENV-4 causes a milder illness [ 23 , 24 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Nevertheless, the involved DENV type and the host genetic makeup may explain some differences in clinical manifestations observed, since genetic polymorphisms appear to provide protection or predispose to more severe forms of dengue [ 27 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • BACKGROUND: Dengue virus serotype 2 (DENV-2) was the major serotype in the 2015 dengue outbreak in Taiwan, while DENV-1 and DENV-3 were dominant between 2005 and 2014. (bvsalud.org)
  • We aimed to investigate whether DENV-2 contributed to disease severity and mortality in the outbreak in Kaohsiung city, Taiwan. (bvsalud.org)
  • METHODS: We collected serum samples from dengue patients to detect the presence of DENV and determine the serotypes by using quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. (bvsalud.org)
  • RESULTS: The results suggested that DENV-1 persisted and circulated, while DENV-2 was dominant during the dengue outbreak that occurred between September and December 2015. (bvsalud.org)
  • Among DENV-2-infected patients and older patients, preexisting anti-dengue IgG, DM, and moderate to severe CKD were associated with severe dengue. (bvsalud.org)
  • Spatiotemporal distribution of DENV using Geographic Information System (GIS) applications observed a serotypic shift and hotspot mapping for risk analysis detected Kolkata as a dengue hotspot, which has also reported the maximum number of COVID-19 cases. (bvsalud.org)
  • Severe dengue occurrence has been attributed to increasing age and different dengue virus (DENV) serotypes that cause secondary infections and immune-enhancing phenomena. (bvsalud.org)
  • Dengue virus (DENV) and Chikungunya (CHIKV) duration ( 3-5 ). (who.int)
  • Part of the challenge, Basáñez continues, is that these diseases tend to be endemic - concentrated in specific locations or countries without sudden increases in the number of cases - without much outbreak and epidemic potential, meaning that they tend to fall under the radar. (discovermagazine.com)
  • There is an ongoing fear of an outbreak and contracting the disease, experiencing the physical setbacks dengue can cause as well as the potential financial impacts," said Dr. Anggraini Alam, Sp.A(K), pediatric infectious disease consultant. (newswire.co.kr)
  • Commentary: Why is there another dengue outbreak in Singapore despite all our efforts? (channelnewsasia.com)
  • A literature review of methods for dengue outbreak prediction. (who.int)
  • And immunising against more than one serotype, using bits of actual dengue virus, can dial down any protection bestowed by previous immunisations. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • They built and tested a new type of vaccine to combat serotype 2 of the dengue virus using nanoparticles studded with copies of DENV2-E, a key protein from that particular serotype. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • QDENGA® (TAK-003) is a dengue vaccine that is based on a live-attenuated dengue serotype 2 virus, which provides the genetic "backbone" for all four dengue virus serotypes and is designed to protect against any of these serotypes. (newswire.co.kr)
  • In Indonesia, QDENGA is indicated for the prevention of dengue disease caused by any dengue virus serotype in individuals six years to 45 years of age and should be administered subcutaneously as a 0.5 mL dose at a two-dose (0 and 3 months) schedule pursuant to approved dosing regimen. (newswire.co.kr)
  • The alterations in circulating dengue serotype and their genomic diversity in different COVID-19 waves were also monitored. (bvsalud.org)
  • RESULTS: Co-circulation of all the four dengue serotypes with rapid change in the pattern of prevalent serotype DENV4 (Genotype-I) in the year 2020 and DENV3 (Genotype-III) in 2021 were observed, in parallel to different circulating strains of COVID-19. (bvsalud.org)
  • 2019) Can economic indicators predict infectious disease spread? (tyndall.ac.uk)
  • From November 2013, after 8 amazing years in the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at Imperial College London, I will move to Institut Pasteur (Paris) to head a new Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases Unit . (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Advances in Sequential Monte Carlo methodology offer new opportunities to fit complex mathematical model to infectious disease data and I am keen to do more research in this area. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • This very diverse set of outstanding competences offers a unique opportunity to develop a multidisciplinary perspective on infectious disease modelling and construct the next generation of mathematic models that make best use of data gathered at very different scales (cellular, host, population). (imperial.ac.uk)
  • It's investing in research around climate-change and vector-borne diseases, and has provided US$28 million for 24 research teams developing digital tools to better predict when infectious disease outbreaks might occur. (channelnewsasia.com)
  • Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. (who.int)
  • 2] In recent years, Indonesia has experienced almost half of the dengue disease burden within Southeast Asia and continues to suffer from one of the highest burdens of dengue in the world. (newswire.co.kr)
  • As a doctor, I have seen firsthand the burden dengue disease places on the patients and communities I serve in Indonesia. (newswire.co.kr)
  • Vaccination will offer health care providers in Indonesia a welcomed advancement in dengue prevention, along with vector control, allowing us to reduce the burden of dengue and protect the broader population. (newswire.co.kr)
  • The report presents national trends in communicable and non-communicable disease burden and control in the WHO African region. (who.int)
  • Magnitude of the disease burden from neurocysticercosis in a developing country. (medscape.com)
  • The report emphasizes infectious diseases related to other sources of disease burden in the region and communicates overall trends in the health and economic burden they impose. (eurekalert.org)
  • With the rollout of vaccines against the novel coronavirus and the ebbing of Covid-19, it will be essential to devote our full collective attention to the control of infectious diseases that have long plagued this region and continue to constitute a significant proportion of the avertable disease burden. (eurekalert.org)
  • OBJECTIVES: To estimate change in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) disease and the economic burden associated with comprehensive treatment of the chronic HCV-infected Medicaid population. (cdc.gov)
  • For example, shifting precipitation and temperature are linked to changes in the distribution of diseases such as dengue, chikungunya and leishmaniasis. (discovermagazine.com)
  • Brazil has almost all of the cases of blinding trachoma, leprosy, and schistosomiasis in the Americas, as well as most of the visceral leishmaniasis, hookworm, and dengue, and one-half of the ascariasis cases [6] . (plos.org)
  • Title : Accurately Identifying Neglected Tropical Diseases : using AMD methods to improve diagnosis and clinical management of leishmaniasis Corporate Authors(s) : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). CDC's AMD Initiative. (cdc.gov)
  • Mortality rates from dengue are low - an estimated 40,000 people die each year from it - but outbreaks can overwhelm health systems and force many people to miss work or school. (mystateline.com)
  • The mortality of dengue patients was related to a higher Charlson comorbidity index score and severe dengue. (bvsalud.org)
  • PAHO/WHO provides advice and technical support for dengue prevention and control based on a regional strategy adopted by PAHO / WHO member States in 2016, called the " Strategy for arboviral disease prevention and control " (CD55.R6). (paho.org)
  • Trachoma is a disease of the eye and the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. (who.int)
  • The latest update, which is set out in Resolution 217, extends the programme to the neglected diseases Zika and Chikungunya, as well as 'rare diseases' - defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as those affecting 65 out of every 100,000 individuals. (iam-media.com)
  • In a press conference on the rise of dengue, Zika, and chikungunya outbreaks and the impact of climate change, WHO officials expressed great concern about the region of the Americas. (medscape.com)
  • There's no specific treatment for any of those three arboviral diseases, [ meaning Zika, dengue, and chikungunya]. (medscape.com)
  • Of these three diseases, Zika accounts for the smallest number of cases. (medscape.com)
  • In a WHO press conference at the start of April about the worrying dengue and chikungunya (a related virus spread by the same mosquitoes) epidemics there, Raman Velyayudhan, head of the WHO global programme on the control of neglected tropical diseases, said that trend could continue around the world this year. (channelnewsasia.com)
  • Spatiotemporal dynamics of dengue epidemics, southern Vietnam. (who.int)
  • Although dengue rarely occurs in the continental United States, it is endemic in Puerto Rico and in many popular tourist destinations in Latin America, Southeast Asia and the Pacific islands. (sciencedaily.com)
  • New York Times Global Health Reporter Stephanie Nolen traveled to five countries in Africa and Latin America to crack the code on what's being done to control mosquito-borne diseases. (mvcac.org)
  • The approval of QDENGA is based on results through three years after vaccination from the ongoing Phase 3 Tetravalent Immunization against Dengue Efficacy Study (TIDES) trial that enrolled over 20,000 healthy children and adolescents ages four to 16 years living in dengue-endemic areas in Asia and Latin America. (newswire.co.kr)
  • Martha Ocampo drops a capsule of mosquito eggs into a jar of water as directed by a Doctors Without Borders volunteer, as part of a program to help prevent the spread of dengue, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (mystateline.com)
  • The blots were dried and stored at 4°C and 28°C and tested for presence of dengue RNA, serotypes and genotypes after 7 days of incubation. (lww.com)
  • This review addresses vector distribution, dengue outbreaks, circulating serotypes and genotypes, and prevention approaches being utilized in Brazil. (hindawi.com)
  • The illness can evolve to severe dengue, characterized by shock, respiratory distress, severe bleeding, and/or serious organ impairment. (paho.org)
  • The disease can evolve into severe dengue, characterized by shock, shortness of breath, severe bleeding and / or complications in the organs. (paho.org)
  • It can bring about significant inflammation and, in some people, severe acute disease. (medscape.com)
  • Severe dengue has long been associated with a cytokine storm of unclear origin. (nih.gov)
  • This work identifies an early innate immunity process that could lead to the immune overreaction observed in severe dengue and could be triggered by a specific host genotype-pathogen genotype interaction. (nih.gov)
  • Aged patients and patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) or moderate to severe chronic kidney disease (CKD) had a higher risk of developing severe dengue. (bvsalud.org)
  • Moreover, female sex and severe dengue were associated with a significantly higher risk of death. (bvsalud.org)
  • CONCLUSIONS: Our findings highlight the importance of timely serological testing in elderly patients to identify potential secondary infections and focus on the meticulous management of elderly patients with DM or moderate to severe CKD to reduce dengue-related death. (bvsalud.org)
  • GISaided analysis of various dengue serotypes and hotspot identification for risk maps of severe dengue in endemic zones were done. (bvsalud.org)
  • The high infectivity rate of both the RNA viruses and considering.the consequences of severe dengue and COVID-19 in the population of the same geographical settings is an alarming risk. (bvsalud.org)
  • Researchers estimated that on average, 23 percent of those who have not yet been infected become infected by dengue every year, corresponding to roughly 228,000 infections per year in Chennai alone. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The use of nano-enabled technologies to diagnose dengue virus infections 5. (researchandmarkets.com)
  • Although a mosquito-transmitted disease, researchers determined that these infections can also be acquired from aerosolized virus. (medscape.com)
  • Dengue infections are caused by a flavivirus transmitted to humans by female A . aegypti mosquitoes. (mongabay.com)
  • The analysis did not show a significant increase in dengue infections even in places where the mosquitoes experienced a population boom following extreme rainfall episodes. (mongabay.com)
  • This study aims to find the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on dengue infections in endemic areas of West Bengal, India, and their combined impact on public health. (bvsalud.org)
  • Dengue and chikungunya are mosquito-borne infections that are spreading rapidly worldwide. (who.int)
  • CHIKV was first reported in sporadic cases infections are fast-growing mosquito-borne arboviral in South Kordofan or rare cases in central and eastern diseases. (who.int)
  • significant circulation of the disease and difficulties in The history of arboviral infections in Sudan dates differentiating it from other diseases, including measles, back to the past century with noticeably increased during diagnosis. (who.int)
  • Available at https://www.who.int/neglected_diseases/events/twelfth_stag/en/ (accessed 7 April 2020). (who.int)
  • Important advances have been made since the adoption in 2012 of the road map for accelerating work to overcome the global impact of neglected tropical diseases (2012-2020). (who.int)
  • In 2020 alone, the disease resulted in 240 million illnesses and 627,000 deaths in 85 countries in Africa, Asia and South America. (ewg.org)
  • Global strategy for dengue prevention and control 2012-2020. (who.int)
  • New evidence shows an extremely high number of people in southern India are exposed to two mosquito-borne viruses -- dengue and chikungunya. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Although they [nanoparticles] have been used before, this case is important because the nanoparticles have shown that they can achieve a significant antibody response to dengue for a longer time period," says Prasad Paradkar, a research team leader at the Australian science organisation CSIRO who focuses on mosquito-borne viruses but was not involved with the study. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • Communicable, or infectious diseases, are caused by microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi that can be spread, directly or indirectly, from one person to another. (who.int)
  • A variety of disease-producing bacteria and viruses are carried in the mouth, nose, throat and respiratory tract. (who.int)
  • First, because these are areas where the population didn't have immunity [against the viruses that cause these diseases]. (medscape.com)
  • This article reports an analysis of data from the baseline survey for Camino Verde, a cluster-randomised controlled trial to reduce dengue risk in southern Mexico and Nicaragua through evidence-based community mobilisation, conducted in 2010 and described by Andersson et al. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Image courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (medscape.com)
  • Kristy O. Murray, DVM, PhD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and Dawn Roellig, MS, PhD, Microbiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (researchamerica.org)
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  • Over 200 million people worldwide are affected by it, according to the WHO , with nearly 12,000 deaths occurring from the disease each year. (discovermagazine.com)
  • Never in the country's history has this disease caused so many deaths. (medscape.com)
  • The two diseases account for about a million deaths a year and 78 percent of world's hepatocellular carcinoma and more than half of all fatal cirrhosis. (cdc.gov)
  • A review of public and private initiatives found that of the 1,393 new chemical products that were marketed between 1975 and 1999, only 16 were related to tropical diseases and tuberculosis. (wikipedia.org)
  • In a recent study published in The Lancet , researchers pursued contemporary evidence of how One Health approaches could improve health security at a global scale against unprecedented health hazards, such as the one posed by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. (news-medical.net)
  • Dengue virus is the most rapidly spreading virus transmitted by mosquitoes and is a major source of illness in the tropics and subtropics, infecting as many as 400 million people annually. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Often, it is not the first but the second time someone is infected with dengue virus that can be deadly," Rodriguez-Barraquer says. (sciencedaily.com)
  • To control the spread of the dengue and chikungunya, some nations have actively worked to spray for virus-carrying mosquitoes and have done public health campaigns to explain the threat of the diseases, including encouraging people to cover water containers that can be mosquito breeding grounds. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Injections of nanoparticles immunised mice against the dengue virus for nearly seven months, a US study has shown. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • The mosquito-borne dengue virus currently afflicts more than 350 million people in more than 120 different countries each year. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • But he advises people to view the report with a little scepticism as there are still important questions that remain to be answered about the process before it can be endorsed as a solution to the dengue virus. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • Because there are no vaccine or antiviral drugs currently available for these patients, NITD will focus on discovering antiviral therapies for dengue virus-induced disease. (the-scientist.com)
  • It is transmitted by the bite of a mosquito infected with one of the four serotypes of dengue virus. (paho.org)
  • BACKGROUND: The case fatality ratio (CFR) of Ebola virus disease (EVD) can vary over time and space for reasons that are not fully understood. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • And because dengue virus comes in four different forms, it is harder to control through vaccines. (mystateline.com)
  • The disease was first recognized as a unique mosquito borne virus in horses in Venezuela in 1938. (medscape.com)
  • Where the mosquito is, the virus is likely to follow: Sudan has reported dengue cases in the capital city for the first time, and France saw a chain of locally transmitted cases last summer. (channelnewsasia.com)
  • DEN-IM: dengue virus genotyping from amplicon and shotgun metagenomic sequencing. (cdc.gov)
  • CONCLUSION: This study indicates the increased fitness of circulating dengue virus strains with optimal virulence as per changing environmental conditions and the inhabitant's immunity. (bvsalud.org)
  • understanding the cross-border threats for ebola virus disease and covid-19 in Ghana using a logic model approach. (who.int)
  • In 2014 there were just 126 cases reported of Dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease), compared to almost 1800 in 2010 and 3.5 million in the mid-1980s. (centerwatch.com)
  • Yaws is the most prevalent infectious, nonvenereal treponemal disease and is caused by Treponema pallidum pertenue . (medscape.com)
  • Association of dengue symptoms with haematological parameters: a retrospective study of 10 hospitals in India. (who.int)
  • Neglected tropical disease programmes adopt grassroot approaches that enable them to gain access to some of the world's poorest, hard-to reach communities and people affected by complex emergencies. (who.int)
  • The connection between death and a neglected tropical disease that has been latent for a long period is often not realized. (wikipedia.org)
  • Neglected Tropical Disease Research in Louisiana: Saving Lives and Creating Jobs May 15, 2013. (researchamerica.org)
  • As a center of knowledge and education in tropical disease drug discovery, the NITD will help people in the developing world learn how to continue to address these problems in their own countries. (the-scientist.com)
  • For example, in 2012 alone, more than 800 million people were treated for at least one neglected tropical disease. (centerwatch.com)
  • Global Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Treatment Market. (pharmiweb.com)
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  • Ten neglected tropical disease "hotspots" around the globe. (plos.org)
  • Thus, the neglected tropical disease 'Dengue' writhed with more inattention. (bvsalud.org)
  • Lymphatic filariasis, commonly known as elephantiasis, is a neglected tropical disease. (who.int)
  • Surprisingly, almost none of the people who had been exposed to dengue reported having been infected by it, either because they weren't properly diagnosed with the disease or because they didn't show symptoms. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Thought you might appreciate this item(s) I saw in Journal of Vector Borne Diseases. (lww.com)
  • WHO prequalification of vector control products primarily benefits populations most affected by vector-borne diseases by facilitating access to these prevention focused tools. (who.int)
  • QDENGA demonstrated continued overall protection against dengue illness and hospitalization three years after vaccination, regardless of an individual's previous dengue exposure. (newswire.co.kr)
  • With more than half the world's population at risk of contracting dengue, the World Health Organization is paying close attention to the mosquito releases in Honduras, and elsewhere, and it is poised to promote the strategy globally. (mystateline.com)
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a report urging countries to scale up their investment in tackling 17 neglected tropical diseases in order to improve the health and well-being of more than 1.5 billion people. (centerwatch.com)
  • But in others, they spread tropical diseases that kill at least 700,000 people a year - more than any other animal, according to estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO). (channelnewsasia.com)
  • With a changing climate and extreme weather like floods expected to become more frequent and intense, this could mean more outbreaks of mosquito-borne disease such as dengue in the coming years. (mongabay.com)
  • With nations in South America battling some of the worst outbreaks of mosquito-borne disease in decades, the case of a British woman who caught dengue while on holiday in France last summer has sparked warnings about similar outbreaks in countries where insect-carried pestilence hasn't previously been endemic. (channelnewsasia.com)
  • Success in overcoming neglected tropical diseases can serve as a litmus test of progress towards the achievement of universal health coverage, which can only be attained if people affected by or at risk of these diseases are adequately reached by health services. (who.int)
  • Although people need greater protection from the risk of diseases carried by pests, there is no completely safe way to prevent bug bites. (ewg.org)
  • We found that, with proper application and precaution, repellents that contain three key active ingredients have very low toxicity concerns and can effectively reduce a person's risk from life-altering diseases. (ewg.org)
  • Our long-term aim is to help reduce the risk of these and other tropical diseases, and ultimately, to improve the prosperity of developing countries. (the-scientist.com)
  • Approximately 500 million people in the Americas are today at risk of dengue. (paho.org)
  • My PhD thesis focused on the role of climate and climate change on the risk of dengue transmission in Mexico. (tyndall.ac.uk)
  • Moving toward universal health coverage will ensure that all people have access to preventive and curative health services for neglected tropical diseases without the risk of financial hardship when paying for them. (centerwatch.com)
  • By 2080, the paper predicted, 60% of the world's population, or 6 billion people, would be at risk from dengue. (mongabay.com)
  • Modeling tools for dengue risk mapping-a systematic review. (who.int)
  • Phung D, Talukder MRR, Rutherford S, Chu C. A climate‐based prediction model in the high‐risk clusters of the Mekong Delta region, Vietnam: towards improving dengue prevention and control. (who.int)
  • Dengue is widespread throughout the tropics, with local variations in risk influenced by rainfall, temperature, relative humidity and unplanned rapid urbanization. (who.int)
  • Dengue (DEN) is a neglected tropical viral disease. (lww.com)
  • Dengue is the most important reemerging mosquito-borne viral disease worldwide. (hindawi.com)
  • Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease that poses a significant global public health threat, with prevalence in over 125 countries. (newswire.co.kr)
  • Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease that afflicts millions of individuals worldwide every year. (nih.gov)
  • Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease that has rapidly spread in all regions of WHO in recent years. (who.int)
  • Interventions against neglected tropical diseases support the vision of universal health coverage. (who.int)
  • Continuing Medical Education (CME) on dengue - Built the capacity of 767 doctors and 528 pharmacists on best practices in clinical evaluations, treatment interventions and prevention of dengue through CME in four more select districts of Uttar Pradesh apart from Gorakhpur, namely Varanasi, Allahabad, Mirzapur and Faizabad. (globalhealthprogress.org)
  • WHO's new report, Investing to overcome the impact of neglected tropical diseases, outlines an investment case and essential package of interventions for these diseases. (centerwatch.com)
  • Other interventions (e.g. vector management, veterinary public health, water, sanitation and hygiene, disease surveillance, morbidity management and disability prevention) are to be addressed in the context of targets and indicators for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and universal access to water and sanitation. (who.int)
  • Some estimation is required to aggregate data across interventions and diseases. (who.int)
  • White Nile State may experience larger outbreaks of dengue and chikungunya in the future, there is, therefore, an urgent need for proper vector control interventions in the state and nearby states. (who.int)
  • Dengue prevention and control must be intersectoral and involve the family and the community. (paho.org)
  • Dung Phung, the lead scientist on the project, said that currently dengue prevention and control is mostly reactive, limiting the effectiveness of measures to combat its spread. (channelnewsasia.com)
  • In 2019 there have already been 54,777 probable cases of dengue recorded - an increase of 149% over the same period in 2018. (iam-media.com)
  • Lyme disease cases have traditionally posed a significant challenge in the Northeast and Upper Midwest regions of the U.S., but the geographic range of cases keeps expanding. (ewg.org)
  • The disease has a seasonal pattern: most cases in the southern hemisphere occur in the first half of the year, and most cases in the northern hemisphere in the second half. (paho.org)
  • The disease has a pattern according to the seasons: the majority of cases in the southern hemisphere occur in the first part of the year, and the majority of cases in the northern hemisphere occur in the second half. (paho.org)
  • He explained that many states have never had a substantial number of cases of dengue, so the current situation is presenting real challenges for them. (medscape.com)
  • We've seen a significant increase in the number of cases of arboviruses, primarily dengue and chikungunya," he explained. (medscape.com)
  • In South America, countries further south on the continent like Bolivia, Peru, and Paraguay are recording more and more cases of dengue. (medscape.com)
  • And second, the healthcare systems weren't prepared to deal with the complexities that came with such a striking increase in the number of cases of these diseases. (medscape.com)
  • To date, 115 countries have reported cases of the disease, which can cause chronic disabilities and have a major impact on quality of life. (medscape.com)
  • In the past two decades alone, the number of dengue cases has grown 15 times, with millions of people contracting the disease every year. (mongabay.com)
  • But biologists have struggled to develop an effective vaccine against the disease. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • Paradkar says the work is a critical step towards achieving a dengue vaccine, especially as mosquitos spread into higher latitudes. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • To date, there is no effective vaccine or specific antiviral therapy for dengue. (hindawi.com)
  • Dengue can affect anyone living in or traveling to endemic areas - regardless of age, health and socio-economic circumstances," said Gary Dubin, president of Takeda's Vaccine Business Unit. (newswire.co.kr)
  • Developing this innovative dengue vaccine has been an exciting challenge, and its approval in Indonesia is an important achievement for Takeda and for public health. (newswire.co.kr)
  • The importance of neglected tropical diseases has been underestimated since many are asymptomatic and have long incubation periods. (wikipedia.org)
  • Expanding on his comments about the dengue situation in South America, Velayudhan stated that "climate change has played a key role in facilitating the spread of the vector, the mosquitoes, down south. (medscape.com)
  • Climate change is making tropical diseases everybody's problem. (channelnewsasia.com)
  • Banu S, Hu W, Hurst C, Tong S. Dengue transmission in the Asia‐Pacific region: impact of climate change and socio‐environmental factors. (who.int)
  • Nevertheless, in 2010 it was estimated that control of neglected diseases would require funding of between US$2 billion and $3 billion over the subsequent five to seven years. (wikipedia.org)
  • It provides opportunities to broader health education, thereby ensuring healthier future generations," says Dr Lorenzo Savioli, Director of the WHO Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases. (disabled-world.com)
  • Some of the neglected tropical diseases are no longer strictly tropical," said Dr. Dirk Engels, director of the WHO Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases Department. (centerwatch.com)
  • One of the speakers was Raman Velayudhan, PhD, the unit head of the WHO's Global Program on the Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases for coordinating the dengue and arbovirus initiatives. (medscape.com)
  • Onchocerciasis - or "river blindness" - is a parasitic disease caused by the filarial worm Onchocerca volvulus transmitted by repeated bites of infected blackflies (Simulium spp. (who.int)
  • It's not just mosquitos that are enjoying the warmer temperatures, but a whole host of disease-spreading vectors, including ticks (which carry encephalitis and Lyme disease) and even freshwater snails (schistosomiasis). (channelnewsasia.com)
  • Schistosomiasis is a disease of poverty that leads to chronic ill-health. (who.int)