World Dengue Day

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Assessing the threat of Aedes albopictus mosquitoes in Morocco: an Infectious Thoughts interview
In 2015, the mosquito Aedes albopictus was detected in Morocco's capital city, Rabat, threatening the region with the introduction of numerous arboviruses. Recent collaborative research between the Institut Pasteur, Moroccan universities and surveillance centres, has sought to establish the vector competence of these local mosquitoes in a bid to assess the risks of emergence of di...seases such as dengue fever, chikungunya, Zika and yellow fever. In this Infectious Thoughts interview, we speak to Anna-Bella Failloux, head of the Unit of Arboviruses and Insect Vectors (AIV) at the Institut Pasteur in Paris about the likelihood of virus transmission by Aedes in the region and what this might means in terms of public health priorities and vector control strategies for North Africa and Europe.
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Indoor Residual Spraying: evaluating novel methods for Aedes aegypti control
The proliferation of the Aedes aegypti mosquito globally in urban areas as well as the evolving resistance to current insecticides is prompting researchers to refine and improve on current vector control methods. Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) has been an effective vector control strategy, but to overcome some of the limits to IRS scalability in dense urban environments such as application time and indoor accessibility, researchers from Mexico, the United States and Australia have been investigating the efficacy of modified IRS methods. https://bit.ly/2UBy72l

Patient testimonial: dengue at age twelve.
Hadian Sasmita is a researcher at the National Nuclear Energy Agency, Indonesia. Hadian contracted dengue while she was a child, aged 12, during an outbreak in the capital city Jakarta. Hadian talks about her experience fighting this infection in the story below. https://bit.ly/2HA4f2z

First dengue outbreak in the Darfur region, West Sudan: an Infectious Thoughts interview by ISNTD https://bit.ly/2HBthhV

Mapping the global potential distributions of two arboviral vectors under changing climate
Dr. Abdallah Samy is a researcher based at the Entomology Department of the Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. In this Infectious Thoughts interview, Dr. Samy speaks about recent work on modelling the global distribution of the vectors of arboviral diseases under changing climate, how this can improve global public health strategies for dengue control for the forthcoming decades, and which knowledge gaps remain to be addressed given complex climatic change.
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Dengue on the rise in Guadeloupe:stepping up vector control measures
Several cases have been confirmed since the end of 2018. In this Infectious Thoughts interview, we hear from Joel Gustave, Guadeloupe's head of vector control, Patrick Saint-Martin, head of disease surveillance and Florelle Bradamantis, head of public health, about current measures to monitor and control a potential dengue outbreak.
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Yellow fever in Italy: an Infectious Thoughts interview
A team of Italian researchers evaluates the risk of autochthonous yellow fever transmission in the Lazio region of central Italy. In this Infectious Thoughts interview, we hear more about the threat of yellow fever and recurrent arbovirus outbreaks in the Mediterranean region, as well as the role of reduced vaccination coverage and thriving vectors in the resurgence of these diseases. https://www.isntd.org/…/Yellow-fever-in -Italy-an-Infectious…

The economic burden of dengue in Indonesia, an interview with Dr. Mardiati Nadjib
Dr. Mardiati Nadjib is a researcher in the Health Policy and Administration Department at Universitas Indonesia. Indonesia has some of the highest rates of dengue cases worldwide and in recent work, Dr. Nadjib and colleagues have sought to improve the evaluation of the economic burden of dengue on the Indonesian health system, making the case for reinforcing investment in dengue prevention and in strengthening local and international partnerships to tackle this disease. Find out more in this Infectious Thoughts interview.
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New Toolkit for National Dengue Burden Estimation by WHO
To assist countries in improving accurate quantitative measurements of dengue, the World Health Organisation has launched a Toolkit for National Dengue Burden Estimation. There is an urgent need for improved estimates of the burden of dengue in prevention & control efforts, a task hindered by issues such as the large number of mild or asymptomatic infections, the heterogenous nature of transmission, long-term complications, or indirect costs to stretched health systems. Find out more here: https://www.isntd.org/…/toolkit-for-nat ional-dengue-burden-…

The World Health Organisation highlights dengue as a top global health threat for 2019
The WHO recently released a list of ten focal threats to global health that it forsees for 2019, with the aim of galvanising attention from the WHO as well as health partners worldwide. Dengue is featured as one of these priority threats, along with HIV, Ebola and other high-threat pathogens. Find out more here: https://www.isntd.org/…/WHO-highlights- dengue-as-a-top-glob…

In this interview, we hear from Dr Stephen Thomas about the innovative thinking underpinning the Dengue Illness Index and its role in accelerating the understanding and control of dengue infection: https://www.isntd.org/…/Dr-Stephen-Thom as-State-University-…

Gregory Rose, now Health & WASH Technical Team Manager at the British Red Cross, had been working as a consultant for WHO in Cambodia when he was struck with dengue fever. Here he writes about the risk posed by mosquitoes for those in poor areas as well as the far-reaching economic consequences of being ill with dengue. https://www.isntd.org/…/Gregory-Rose-de ngue-in-cambodian-sl…

At the recent ISNTD Water 2018 Conference, panelists discussed the impact of climate change on tropical diseases, including in terms of parasites, hosts and human development, and steps towards reducing the impact of climate events. Watch the discussion here! https://www.youtube.com/watch…

Read our interview with Dr Rachel Lowe on her mathematical-modelling approach to tackling dengue https://www.isntd.org/…/Dr-Rachel-Lowe- London-School-of-Hyg…

Read our interview with Dr. Corinne Schuster-Wallace from the University of Saskatchewan, on creating an index to map vulnerability to dengue https://www.isntd.org/…/Dr-Corinne-Schu ster-Wallace-Univers…