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1 day ago · A major issue is that climate change is creating great uncertainty in the forecasting and prediction of where and when infections might occur. When you think about climate change, you may be ...
4 days ago · Dengue, chikungunya: Virus: Dengue virus, chikungunya virus: Aedes mosquitos (particularly Ae. aegypti, Ae. albopictus, Ae. polynesiensis, Ae. scutellaris) Non-human primates (southeast Asia and West Africa) Being bitten by an infected female Aedes spp. mosquito: Dracunculiasis (Guinea-worm disease) Helminth: Dracunculus medinensis: Cyclops spp ...
4 days ago · TAK-003 is the second dengue vaccine to be licensed. TAK-003 is a live-attenuated vaccine containing weakened versions of dengue virus serotypes 1, 2, 3 and 4 developed by Takeda. TAK-003 uses the DENV2 strain as the genomic backbone. The vaccination schedule given as a 2-dose series three months apart.
- What is the current status of dengue vaccine development?There is a growing public health need for effective preventive interventions against dengue, a disease caused by four viruses, termed serotypes 1-4...
- What is Dengvaxia® (CYD-TDV)?CYD-TDV is the first dengue vaccine to be licensed. It was first licensed in Mexico in December 2015 for use in individuals 9-45 years of age livin...
- What are the results from the Phase 3 trials?CYD-TDV has been evaluated in two Phase 3 clinical trials (CYD14 in five countries in Asia and CYD15 in five countries in Latin America). Together,...
- What are the findings from the additional analyses on long-term safety follow up stratified by serostatus at time of first vaccination?The new analyses from the long-term safety follow-up indicated that: Overall population level benefit of vaccination remains favorable, but the vac...
- What are WHO’s recommendations related to CYD-TDV?Following the release of the long-term safety data stratified by serostatus on 29 November 2017, a SAGE working group on dengue vaccines was reconv...
- Has the vaccine been prequalified by WHO?CYD-TDV is currently not prequalified. Prequalification requires an NRA of record, which is typically the NRA in the manufacturing country (in this...
- What other interventions exist for dengue control?Vector control has been the key strategy to control or prevent the transmission of dengue virus. Strategies include: preventing mosquitoes from acc...
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5 days ago · Arboviral situation summary. In the Region of the Americas, between epidemiological week (EW) 1 and EW 52 of 2022, a total of 3,126,573 cases of arboviral disease were reported. Of those, 2,812,204 ( 90.0 % ) were dengue cases, 273,841 ( 8.8 % ) chikungunya cases, and 40,528 ( 1.3 % ) were Zika cases. Country specific data on case counts and ...
5 days ago · Most cases of dengue fever happen in tropical and subtropical areas around the world, especially in cities and urban centers and during the rainy season — and according to the World Health Organization, nearly half of the world’s population is at risk for contracting the virus. Symptoms of Dengue Fever. Most cases of dengue fever are mild ...
5 days ago · As many other countries, Sri Lanka experienced a marked rise in the number of dengue cases in 2023, with an unusual pattern of disease epidemiology. This rise coincided with the emergence of dengue virus (DENV) serotype 3 in Sri Lanka as the predominant serotype after 2009. Interestingly, a discrepancy between NS1 rapid antigen test positivity and quantitative real time PCR positivity was ...
5 days ago · Epidemiological Alert - Onset of increased seasonal circulation of influenza virus and other respiratory viruses, with concurrent circulation of dengue, in the southern hemisphere - 8 May 2024 - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization.
