Is new dengue vaccine efficacy data a relief or cause for concern?

SJ Thomas - npj Vaccines, 2023 - nature.com
Dengue is a major global public health problem requiring a safe and efficacious vaccine as
the foundation of a comprehensive countermeasure strategy. Despite decades of attempts …

Dengue

A Wilder-Smith, EE Ooi, O Horstick, B Wills - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Mortality from severe dengue is low, but the economic and resource burden on health
services remains substantial in endemic settings. Unfortunately, progress towards …

Efficacy of Wolbachia-infected mosquito deployments for the control of dengue

A Utarini, C Indriani, RA Ahmad… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Aedes aegypti mosquitoes infected with the w Mel strain of Wolbachia pipientis
are less susceptible than wild-type A. aegypti to dengue virus infection. Methods We …

The role of urbanisation in the spread of Aedes mosquitoes and the diseases they transmit—A systematic review

A Kolimenakis, S Heinz, ML Wilson… - PLoS neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background This systematic review aims to assess how different urbanisation patterns
related to rapid urban growth, unplanned expansion, and human population density affect …

The Global Expansion of Dengue: How Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes Enabled the First Pandemic Arbovirus

OJ Brady, SI Hay - Annual review of entomology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Dengue is an emerging viral disease principally transmitted by the Aedes (Stegomyia)
aegypti mosquito. It is one of the fastest-growing global infectious diseases, with 100–400 …

Efficacy of a tetravalent dengue vaccine in healthy children aged 4–16 years: a randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial

S Biswal, C Borja-Tabora, LM Vargas, H Velásquez… - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background A substantial unmet need remains for safe and effective vaccines against
dengue virus disease, particularly for individuals who are dengue-naive and those younger …

Epidemic arboviral diseases: priorities for research and public health

A Wilder-Smith, DJ Gubler, SC Weaver… - The Lancet infectious …, 2017 - thelancet.com
For decades, arboviral diseases were considered to be only minor contributors to global
mortality and disability. As a result, low priority was given to arbovirus research investment …

Management of insecticide resistance in the major Aedes vectors of arboviruses: Advances and challenges

I Dusfour, J Vontas, JP David, D Weetman… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background The landscape of mosquito-borne disease risk has changed dramatically in
recent decades, due to the emergence and reemergence of urban transmission cycles …

Controlling vector-borne diseases by releasing modified mosquitoes

HA Flores, SL O'Neill - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2018 - nature.com
Aedes mosquito-transmitted diseases, such as dengue, Zika and chikungunya, are
becoming major global health emergencies while old threats, such as yellow fever, are re …

Integrated Aedes management for the control of Aedes-borne diseases

D Roiz, AL Wilson, TW Scott, DM Fonseca… - PLoS neglected …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Diseases caused by Aedes-borne viruses, such as dengue, Zika, chikungunya,
and yellow fever, are emerging and reemerging globally. The causes are multifactorial and …