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 …

Human mobility and the global spread of infectious diseases: a focus on air travel

A Findlater, II Bogoch - Trends in parasitology, 2018 - cell.com
Greater human mobility, largely driven by air travel, is leading to an increase in the
frequency and reach of infectious disease epidemics. Air travel can rapidly connect any two …

Antibody-dependent enhancement of severe dengue disease in humans

LC Katzelnick, L Gresh, ME Halloran, JC Mercado… - Science, 2017 - science.org
For dengue viruses 1 to 4 (DENV1-4), a specific range of antibody titer has been shown to
enhance viral replication in vitro and severe disease in animal models. Although suspected …

A pan-serotype dengue virus inhibitor targeting the NS3–NS4B interaction

SJF Kaptein, O Goethals, D Kiemel, A Marchand… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Dengue virus causes approximately 96 million symptomatic infections annually, manifesting
as dengue fever or occasionally as severe dengue,. There are no antiviral agents available …

Dengue fever and insecticide resistance in Aedes mosquitoes in Southeast Asia: a review

SJ Gan, YQ Leong, MFH bin Barhanuddin, ST Wong… - Parasites & vectors, 2021 - Springer
Dengue fever is the most important mosquito-borne viral disease in Southeast Asia.
Insecticides remain the most effective vector control approach for Aedes mosquitoes. Four …

Impact of immune enhancement on Covid-19 polyclonal hyperimmune globulin therapy and vaccine development

R De Alwis, S Chen, ES Gan, EE Ooi - EBioMedicine, 2020 - thelancet.com
The pandemic spread of a novel coronavirus–SARS coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) as a
cause of acute respiratory illness, named Covid-19, is placing the healthcare systems of …

Reconstruction of antibody dynamics and infection histories to evaluate dengue risk

H Salje, DAT Cummings, I Rodriguez-Barraquer… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
As with many pathogens, most dengue infections are subclinical and therefore unobserved.
Coupled with limited understanding of the dynamic behaviour of potential serological …

Transmission dynamics of Zika virus in island populations: a modelling analysis of the 2013–14 French Polynesia outbreak

AJ Kucharski, S Funk, RM Eggo, HP Mallet… - PLoS neglected …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Between October 2013 and April 2014, more than 30,000 cases of Zika virus (ZIKV) disease
were estimated to have attended healthcare facilities in French Polynesia. ZIKV has also …

Benefits and risks of the Sanofi-Pasteur dengue vaccine: Modeling optimal deployment

NM Ferguson, I Rodríguez-Barraquer, I Dorigatti… - Science, 2016 - science.org
The first approved dengue vaccine has now been licensed in six countries. We propose that
this live attenuated vaccine acts like a silent natural infection in priming or boosting host …

Monitoring human arboviral diseases through wastewater surveillance: challenges, progress and future opportunities

WL Lee, X Gu, F Armas, M Leifels, F Wu, F Chandra… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Arboviral diseases are caused by a group of viruses spread by the bite of infected
arthropods. Amongst these, dengue, Zika, west nile fever and yellow fever cause the …