Epidemics
Temperature-dependent variation in the extrinsic incubation period elevates the risk of vector-borne disease emergence.
Kamiya T, Greischar MA, Wadhawan K, Gilbert B, Paaijmans K, Mideo N
Identifying ecological drivers of disease transmission is central to understanding disease risks. For vector-borne diseases, temperature is a major de ...
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Source: PubMed
Indian J Med Microbiol
Emergence of dengue virus 4 as the predominant serotype during the outbreak of 2017 in South India.
Sharmila PF, Vanathy K, Rajamani B, Kaliaperumal V, Dhodapkar R
Dengue virus (DENV) causes acute febrile illness in tropical and subtropical countries. In India there is a steady increase in incidence since 1950s w ...
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Sci Transl Med
Mapping global variation in dengue transmission intensity.
Cattarino L, Rodriguez-Barraquer I, Imai N, Cummings DAT, Ferguson NM
Intervention planning for dengue requires reliable estimates of dengue transmission intensity. However, current maps of dengue risk provide estimates ...
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Source: PubMed
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Comparative specificity and sensitivity of NS1-based serological assays for the detection of flavivirus immune response.
Mora-Cárdenas E, Aloise C, Faoro V, Knap Gašper N, Korva M, Caracciolo I, D'Agaro P, Avšic-Županc T, Marcello A
Flaviviruses are relevant animal and human pathogens of increasing importance worldwide. The similarities of the initial clinical symptoms and the ser ...
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Source: PubMed
J. Med. Virol. 2020 Jan 29
Induction of Cross-neutralizing Antibodies by Sequential Immunization with Heterologous Papillomavirus L1VLPs and its Implications for HPV Prophylactic Vaccines.
Zhang T, Chen X, Liao G, Hu M, Xu J, Xu X
Sequential immunization with antigens from different strains of HIV-1, influenza viruses or dengue viruses induced cross-neutralizing antibodies and e ...
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Source: PubMed
