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This unique volume presents an up-to-date review of one of the world's major health problems - diseases caused by the four dengue viruses. It begins with an insightful story of the origin of dengue disease outbreaks, including the emergence of severe and fatal dengue hemorrhagic fever. The nature, structure and biology of the four dengue viruses are described, and a major portion of the book is focused on the epidemiology of dengue as a mosquito-borne disease. This is complemented by critiques of existing mosquito control programs by three groups of outstanding authorities. The strongest element of the volume is its comprehensive description of the current understanding of dengue disease pathogenesis, followed by an analysis of the pros and cons of five of the most controversial areas in the field: the WHO DEF case definition, secondary dengue infections, virulent viruses, the role of abnormal T cells and autoimmunity.

Dengue. --- Dengue viruses. --- Flaviviruses --- Breakbone fever --- Dengue fever --- Arbovirus infections --- Flaviviral diseases --- Hemorrhagic fever

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"Genetic Control of Malaria and Dengue focuses on the knowledge, technology, regulation and ethics of using genetically modified mosquitoes to interrupt the transmission of important vector-borne diseases. It contains coverage of the current state of knowledge of vector-borne diseases and how they are currently controlled; various strategies for altering the genome of mosquitoes in beneficial ways; strategies to translate basic knowledge of mosquito physiology and development into novel control efforts, and the regulatory, ethical and social environment concerning these strategies. For more than five decades, the prospect of using genetically-modified mosquitoes to control vector-borne disease transmission has been a purely hypothetical scenario. We simply did not have the technology or basic knowledge to be able to do it. With the explosion of field trials and potential interventions in development, Genetic Control of Malaria and Dengue provides a comprehensive overview of research in genetics, microbiology, virology, and ecology involved in the development and implementation of genetic modification programs for virus and disease control. This books is meant to provide a practical guide to researchers, regulators and the general public about how this technology actually works, how it can be improved, and what is still unknown"--

Mosquitoes as carriers of disease. --- Malaria --- Dengue --- Prevention. --- Breakbone fever --- Dengue fever --- Arbovirus infections --- Flaviviral diseases --- Hemorrhagic fever --- Mosquito vectors --- Insects as carriers of disease --- Malaria. --- Dengue.

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"[This book] provides a detailed accounting of one of the world's fastest growing infections. According to the World Health Organization, Dengue virus incidence has increased 30-fold over the past 50 years, with up to 50 to 100 million infections occurring annually in over 100 endemic countries. This estimate puts nearly half the world's population at risk. This book reviews the history, clinical and diagnostic aspects of dengue virus, also presenting our current knowledge on the pathophysiology of severe dengue and addressing the importance of dengue virus infections in those traveling to parts of the world where it is endemic."--- from website publisher

Dengue. --- Break-Bone Fever --- Breakbone Fever --- Classical Dengue --- Classical Dengue Fever --- Dengue Fever --- Break Bone Fever --- Classical Dengue Fevers --- Classical Dengues --- Dengue Fever, Classical --- Dengue, Classical --- Fever, Break-Bone --- Fever, Breakbone --- Fever, Dengue --- Breakbone fever --- Dengue fever --- Arbovirus infections --- Flaviviral diseases --- Hemorrhagic fever

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This book explores the links among ecology, disease, and international politics in the context of the Greater Caribbean - the landscapes lying between Surinam and the Chesapeake - in the seventeenth through early twentieth centuries. Ecological changes made these landscapes especially suitable for the vector mosquitoes of yellow fever and malaria, and these diseases wrought systematic havoc among armies and would-be settlers. Because yellow fever confers immunity on survivors of the disease, and because malaria confers resistance, these diseases played partisan roles in the struggles for empire and revolution, attacking some populations more severely than others. In particular, yellow fever and malaria attacked newcomers to the region, which helped keep the Spanish Empire Spanish in the face of predatory rivals in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. In the late eighteenth and through the nineteenth century, these diseases helped revolutions to succeed by decimating forces sent out from Europe to prevent them.

History of Latin America --- anno 1600-1699 --- anno 1700-1799 --- anno 1800-1999 --- Caribbean Area --- Caribbean area --- Human ecology --- Nature --- Revolutions --- Yellow fever --- Malaria --- Epidemics --- Medical geography --- History. --- Effect of human beings on --- Environmental aspects --- Diseases --- Geographical distribution of diseases --- Geographical pathology --- Geography, Medical --- Geomedicine --- Medical topography --- Pathology, Geographic --- Topography, Medical --- Geography --- Medical climatology --- World health --- Disease outbreaks --- Outbreaks of disease --- Pestilences --- Communicable diseases --- Ague --- Chills and fever --- Intermittent fever --- Malarial fever --- Fever --- Protozoan diseases --- Arbovirus infections --- Flaviviral diseases --- Insurrections --- Rebellions --- Revolts --- Revolutionary wars --- History --- Political science --- Political violence --- War --- Government, Resistance to --- Ecology --- Environment, Human --- Human beings --- Human environment --- Ecological engineering --- Human geography --- Geographical distribution --- Outbreaks --- Social aspects --- Effect of environment on --- Pandemics --- Mosquitoes --- Social change --- pathogenicity. --- Change, Social --- Cultural change --- Cultural transformation --- Societal change --- Socio-cultural change --- Social history --- Social evolution --- Culicidae --- Mosquitos --- Diptera --- Arts and Humanities

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Dengue fever is the world's most prevalent mosquito-borne illness, but Alex Nading argues that people in dengue-endemic communities do not always view humans and mosquitoes as mortal enemies. Drawing on two years of ethnographic research in urban Nicaragua and challenging current global health approaches to animal-borne illness, Mosquito Trails tells the story of a group of community health workers who struggle to come to terms with dengue epidemics amid poverty, political change, and economic upheaval. Blending theory from medical anthropology, political ecology, and science and technology studies, Nading develops the concept of "the politics of entanglement" to describe how Nicaraguans strive to remain alive to the world around them despite global health strategies that seek to insulate them from their environments. This innovative ethnography illustrates the continued significance of local environmental histories, politics, and household dynamics to the making and unmaking of a global pandemic.

Dengue --- Dengue. --- Politics. --- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice . --- Environmental Health. --- Breakbone fever --- Dengue fever --- Arbovirus infections --- Flaviviral diseases --- Hemorrhagic fever --- Environmental Health Science --- Health, Environmental --- Environmental Health Sciences --- Environmental Healths --- Health Science, Environmental --- Health Sciences, Environmental --- Healths, Environmental --- Science, Environmental Health --- Sciences, Environmental Health --- Ecology --- Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice --- Conservatism --- Decentralization --- Liberalism --- Political Factors --- Voting --- Political Activity --- Activities, Political --- Activity, Political --- Factor, Political --- Factors, Political --- Political Activities --- Political Factor --- Dissent and Disputes --- Break-Bone Fever --- Breakbone Fever --- Classical Dengue --- Classical Dengue Fever --- Dengue Fever --- Break Bone Fever --- Classical Dengue Fevers --- Classical Dengues --- Dengue Fever, Classical --- Dengue, Classical --- Fever, Break-Bone --- Fever, Breakbone --- Fever, Dengue --- Nicaragua. --- Nikaragua --- Nikaragoua --- República de Nicaragua --- Republic of Nicaragua --- Central America (Federal Republic) --- Environmental Health --- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice --- Politics --- #SBIB:39A4 --- #SBIB:39A9 --- #SBIB:39A74 --- #SBIB:327.4H63 --- Toegepaste antropologie --- Medische antropologie / gezondheid / handicaps --- Etnografie: Amerika --- Derde wereld: ontwikkelingspolitiek, hervormingen (binnenlands, onderwijs-, gezondheidsbeleid e.a.) --- Dengue viruses. --- Flaviviruses --- animal borne illness. --- community health workers. --- dengue endemic communities. --- dengue fever. --- dengue virus. --- diagnosis. --- disease. --- economic change. --- ethnographic research. --- experiments. --- fever. --- global health. --- global pandemic. --- health care. --- high fever. --- illness. --- medical anthropology. --- medical conditions. --- medical. --- mosquito borne disease. --- mosquito. --- political change. --- political ecology. --- poverty. --- science and math. --- science. --- skin rash. --- technology. --- the politics of entanglement. --- theoretical. --- tropical disease. --- urban nicaragua. --- virus.