Viruses are tiny agents that can infect a variety of living organisms, including bacteria, plants, and animals. Like other viruses, the dengue virus is a microscopic structure that can only replicate ...

New research provides evidence that host immunity drives evolution of the dengue virus. The research analyzes two decades of genetic variation from Thailand alongside population-level measures of ...

Zika and dengue viruses are closely related, mosquito-borne flaviviruses. In fact, their envelope protein has roughly 40% homology. Not only are they similar in biology, they have been affecting ...

The infection can have very different effects, ranging from no symptoms to death. But its nickname is break-bone fever, for the severe chills that accompany a fever that can spike as high as 104°F.

New research by a team of University of Florida investigators, and others, provides evidence that host immunity drives evolution of the dengue virus. The work, published today in Science, ...

A mosquito is shown acquiring a blood meal from a human host. The Hawai’i Department of Health has identified a new travel-related dengue virus case on Oʻahu, bringing the number of total cases to 13 ...

Just as a computer’s operating system can be rewritten after a major update, dengue infection can "reprogramme" the body’s immune system, leaving a long-lasting genetic imprint that influences how ...

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A health brigade fumigates a street against the Aedes aegypti that can carry the dengue virus in Lima, Peru. Peru is experiencing its worst dengue outbreak ever. (Photo by CRIS BOURONCLE/AFP via Getty ...