A web-GIS approach to mapping dengue outbreaks
Dengue fever was first recorded in Pakistan in 1982, with about a dozen cases confirmed. The disease has been spreading in scope and...
Mosquito control: targeting breeding sites using street view images
In addition to personal protection against mosquito bites and the chemical control of mosquitoes and their larvae, the removal of common...
Dengue hospitalisations in Singapore: reducing the burden of epidemics on healthcare systems
Singapore has regularly faced outbreaks of dengue. Following a severe epidemic in 2005, authorities reviewed hospital admission criteria...
Towards the biocontrol of dengue: copepods as predators of Aedes larvae in Sri Lanka
With the expansion of the disease-transmitting Aedes mosquitoes worldwide, researchers have been exploring control strategies to enhance...
Prudence Hamade (Myanmar & UK): contracting dengue while working in an outbreak
Dr. Prudence Hamade is Senior Technical Advisor at Malaria Consortium. Trained as a pediatrician, she has more than 20 years’...
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,...
Yellow fever in Italy: an Infectious Thoughts interview
Despite a relatively low incidence of yellow fever in recent decades following effective vaccination campaigns, outbreaks of this disease...
Dr. Mardiati Nadjib (Indonesia): The economic burden of dengue in Indonesia
Dr. Mardiati Nadjib is a researcher in the Health Policy and Administration Department at Universitas Indonesia, in Depok, Indonesia....
Gregory Rose (Cambodia): contracting dengue while working in Cambodian slums
Gregory Rose, now Health & WASH Technical Team Manager at the British Red Cross, had been working as a consultant for WHO in Cambodia...
Nicola Hill (UK): dengue, an infection with far-reaching consequences
Nicola Hill is an acclaimed British health journalist and seasoned traveller. When dengue fever hit her while meeting with her daughter...
