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 …

Prevention of transfusion-transmitted infections

MP Busch, EM Bloch, S Kleinman - Blood, The Journal of the …, 2019 - ashpublications.org
Since the 1970s, introduction of serological assays targeting virus-specific antibodies and
antigens has been effective in identifying blood donations infected with the classic …

Blocking NS3–NS4B interaction inhibits dengue virus in non-human primates

O Goethals, SJF Kaptein, B Kesteleyn, JF Bonfanti… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Dengue is a major health threat and the number of symptomatic infections caused by the
four dengue serotypes is estimated to be 96 million with annually around 10,000 deaths …

Emerging Mosquito-Borne Viruses Linked to Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus: Global Status and Preventive Strategies

J Näslund, C Ahlm, K Islam, M Evander… - Vector-Borne and …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Emerging mosquito-borne viruses continue to cause serious health problems and economic
burden among billions of people living in and near the tropical belt of the world. The highly …

Role of platelet cytokines in dengue virus infection

A Singh, P Bisht, S Bhattacharya… - Frontiers in cellular and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Platelets are anucleated blood cells derived from bone marrow megakaryocytes and play a
crucial role in hemostasis and thrombosis. Platelets contain specialized storage organelles …

Asymptomatic dengue infection rate: A systematic literature review

O De Santis, N Bouscaren, A Flahault - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Objectives Dengue infection is spreading worldwide. The clinical spectrum is broad and
includes asymptomatic infections. This review provides an overview of the different …

Use of US blood donors for national serosurveillance of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 antibodies: basis for an expanded national donor …

M Stone, C Di Germanio, DJ Wright… - Clinical Infectious …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background The Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-IV-Pediatric
(REDS-IV-P) Epidemiology, Surveillance and Preparedness of the Novel SARS-CoV-2 …

First cases of Zika virus–infected US blood donors outside states with areas of active transmission

PC Williamson, JM Linnen, DA Kessler, BH Shaz… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Zika virus (ZIKV) is transmitted by Aedes mosquitos and can result in severe
congenital and adult neurologic abnormalities. ZIKV has rapidly spread northward through …

Serosurveillance for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) incidence using global blood donor populations

MP Busch, M Stone - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an acute respiratory tract infection responsible for
over 20 million diagnosed cases and 750 thousand deaths globally as of August 14, 2020 …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of acute dengue infection on sperm and virus clearance in body fluids of men

J Mons, D Mahé-Poiron, JM Mansuy… - Emerging Infectious …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We investigated the effects of dengue virus (DENV) on semen using samples collected 7,
15, 30, 60, and 90 days after symptom onset from 10 infected volunteers on Réunion Island …