Territorial expansion of the invasive Aedes mosquito in Turkey
In recent decades, the highly invasive and disease-carrying Aedes mosquitoes have undergone a dramatic global expansion, establishing...
Mapping the spread of the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes
Over the last decades, factors including human movement and climate change have opened up opportunities for the dramatic expansion of...
US Food & Drug Administration approves dengue vaccine
This month, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its approval of the dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia, setting an important...
Hadian Sasmita (Indonesia): dengue at age twelve
Hadian Sasmita is a researcher at the National Nuclear Energy Agency, Indonesia. Hadian contracted dengue while she was a child, aged 12,...
They signed the World Dengue Day petition: find out why
The global petition calling for a World Dengue Day has garnered support from signatories across the globe and across disciplines. In this...
First dengue outbreak in the Darfur region, West Sudan: an Infectious Thoughts interview
The Darfur region in western Sudan has suffered from both conflict and civil unrest which have caused high levels of internal...