Anecdotally, many people say they’re mosquito magnets. According to Dr. Kwame Akoto, those stories are backed by science. He ...

There is no treatment for dengue other than supportive care like taking plenty of rest and drinking fluids. Therefore, it is ...

The dengue fever virus, which infects 50 million to 100 million people around the world every year, might possibly yield to a little bacterium called Wolbachia, if research just published in ...

If you’ve recently traveled to a country with dengue or if you live with someone who has, it’s important to know what dengue looks like. Symptoms can show up 4 to 10 days after a mosquito bite ...

Dengue fever is painful, unpleasant, and contagious. It used to be limited in its geographic area – a tropical disease. That is changing. We’ve seen a steady spread of dengue’s territory over the last ...

Dengue can cause symptoms like fevers, headaches, pain behind the eyes, joint and muscle pain, rash, and even mild bleeding. About 1 in 20 cases develop serious disease symptoms.

In 1958, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) made a milestone announcement: they had exterminated the mosquito Aedes aegypti–a transmitter of the deadly diseases dengue, chikungunya, and ...

The researchers found that mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia or dengue virus passed out and fell to the bottom of the vial up to 2.5 times or five times faster, respectively, than uninfected insects.