Dengue

Recent News

Oct 15, 2013

News Scan for Oct 15, 2013

Timing of measles shots
Dengue vaccine trial results
Oct 10, 2013

News Scan for Oct 10, 2013

Dengue evidence in Houston
Simulated livestock outbreak at KSU
Sep 30, 2013

News Scan for Sep 30, 2013

Vaccine exemptions and pertussis
Resistant enterococci in ICUs
Dengue outbreak in Pakistan
Polio in Pakistan
Sep 12, 2013

News Scan for Sep 12, 2013

Dengue cases in Florida
Health departments and the recession
European foodborne disease
C diff, MRSA treatments
Aug 26, 2013

News Scan for Aug 26, 2013

MERS case in Qatar
Florida's dengue cases
Staph outbreak at Canadian fair
Aug 15, 2013

News Scan for Aug 15, 2013

Israel polio risk
H5N1 emergency in Nepal
FDA's FSMA request denied
Dengue cases in Florida
Compounding pharmacy alert
Jul 31, 2013

News Scan for Jul 31, 2013

MERS questionnaire
Honduras dengue emergency
Polio vaccination killing
Restaurant outbreak guidance
Approval path for antibiotics
Jul 19, 2013

News Scan for Jul 19, 2013

Global flu activity
US West Nile update
Salmonella from baby poultry
Varicella postexposure prevention
Dengue in Thailand, Micronesia
Jul 12, 2013

News Scan for Jul 12, 2013

H5N1 case in Cambodia
US West Nile cases
Polio in Nigeria, Somalia
Dengue vaccine production
Jul 02, 2013

News Scan for Jul 02, 2013

Hepatitis outbreak grows
Haiti cholera source
Polio in Pakistan
Asia-Pacific lab systems
Drugs for resistant TB

Resources & Literature

Recent Literature

Angel RMd, Valle JR-d. Dengue vaccines: strongly sought but not a reality just yet. PLoS One Pathog 2013 (published online Oct 3) 

Bhatt S, Gething PW, Brady OJ, et al. The global distribution and burden of dengue. Nature 2013 (published online Apr 7)

CDC. Dengue outbreak—federated states of Micronesia, 2012-2013. MMWR 2013 Jul 19;62(28):570-3

CDC. Ongoing dengue epidemic--Angola, June 2013. MMWR 2013 Jun 21;62(24):504-7

Chen CC, Chang HC. Predicting dengue outbreaks using approximate entropy algorithm and pattern recognition. J Infect 2013 Jul;67(1):65-71

Cifuentes SG, Trostle J, Trueba G, et al. Transitioning cause of fever from malaria to dengue, northwestern Ecuador, 1990-2011. Emerg Infect Dis 2013 (published online Aug 12)

Dayan GH, Thakur M, Boaz M, et al. Safety and immunogenicity of three tetravalent dengue vaccine formulations in healthy adults in the USA. Vaccine 2013 Oct 17;31(44):5047-54

Hernandez-Avila JE, Rodriguez MH, Santos-Luna R, et al. Nation-wide, web-based, geographic information system for the integrated surveillance and control of dengue fever in Mexico. PLoS One 2013 Aug 6;8(8):e70231

Hss A-S, Koh M-T, Tan KK, et al. Safety and immunogenicity of a tetravalent dengue vaccine in healthy children aged 2-11 years in Malaysia: a randomized placebo-controlled, phase III study. Vaccine 2013 (published online Oct 14) 

Lancet Editors. Denguean infectious disease of staggering proportions. Lancet 2013 Jun 22;381(9884):2136

Leder K, Torresi J, Brownstein JS, et al. Travel-associated illness trends and clusters, 2000–2010. Emerg Infect Dis 2013 Jul;19(7):1049-57

Madani RA, Abuelzein ET, Al-Bar H, et al. Outbreak of viral hemorrhagic fever caused by dengue virus type 3 in al-Makalla, Yemen. BMC Infect Dis 2013 Mar 14;13:136

Mahalingam S, Herring BL, Halstead SB, et al. Call to action for dengue vaccine failure. (Letter) Emerg Infect Dis 2013 Aug;19(8):1335-7

Murray KO, Rodriguez LF, Herrington E, et al. Identification of dengue fever cases in Houston, Texas, with evidence of autochthonous transmission between 2003 and 2005. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2013 (published online Oct 9)

Olkowski S, Forshey BM, Morrison AC, et al. Reduced risk of disease during postsecondary dengue virus infections. J Infect Dis 2013 Sep 15;208(6):1026-33

Sam SS, Omar SFS, Teoh BT, et al. Review of dengue hemorrhagic fever fatal cases seen among adults: a retrospective study. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2013 May 2;7(5):e2194

Schwarz NG, Girmann M, Randriamampionona N, et al. Seroprevalence of antibodies against chikungunya, dengue, and Rift Valley fever viruses after febrile illness outbreak, Madagascar. Emerg Infect Dis 2012 Nov;18(11):1780-6

Tomasello D, Schlagenhauf P. Chikungunya and dengue autochthonous cases in Europe, 2007-2012. Travel Med Infect Dis 2013 Sep;11(5):274-84

Related Practices

Texas created dengue fever public health response guide

Texas worked with northern Mexican states to monitor increasing cases of dengue fever and create a response guide that includes case definitions, statutory authority citations, a protocol for mosquito surveillance and vector control, recommended information/education, and state contact information.

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