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Polio Bulletin - 2009, Week 52
(2009-12-27)
Thinking of introducing social health insurance? Ten questions
(WHO/HSS/HSF/PB/09.04, 2009-12)
Piensa implantar un seguro social de salud? Diez preguntas
(WHO/HSS/HSF/PB/09.04, 2009-12)
Vous envisagez de mettre en place une assurance maladie sociale ? Dix questions a vous poser
(WHO/HSS/HSF/PB/09.04, 2009-12)
A novel method of controlling a dengue mosquito vector, Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) using an aquatic mosquito predator, Diplonychus indicus (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) in tyres
(2009-12)
An investigation was undertaken to evaluate the biocontrol potential of a mosquito predator, Diplonychus indicus, against the immatures of dengue vectors breeding in used tyres. Two gardens were selected and ten tyres each filled with water were kept in different sites of both gardens. One was considered as “control” where no predator was used, whereas in the tyres kept in the “experimental” garden, two second instars of D. indicus were released into each tyre. The absolute density of larvae, pupae and man-landing rate of dengue vector were ...
Genotypic and phenotypic characteristics of DENV-3 isolated from patients with different disease severities in Indonesia.
(2009-12)
We have investigated the genetic diversity of DENV-3 isolated during an outbreak of dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) in the city of Palembang, south Sumatra, Indonesia. Four viruses were isolated from patients with different disease severities. Amino acid differences were detected at 40 positions throughout the structural and non-structural proteins, except for the preM protein. Of the 40 positions, amino acids were conserved at 24 positions among three DSS/DHF strains, and the DF strain possessed different amino acids at these positions. Five ...
Comparative life parameters of transgenic and wild strain of Aedes aegypti in the laboratory.
(2009-12)
The release of genetically-modified Aedes aegypti males is considered an effective method of suppressing this vector of dengue. One of the prerequisites is the capability to mass produce the genetically-modified mosquito in the laboratory before release. To do so would necessitate the understanding of the lifecycle and parameters of the transformed strain. In this regard, comparative life-history parameters of a wild-type laboratory strain of Ae. aegypti (WT) and a genetically transformed Ae. aegypti (LA513) were studied in the laboratory. The ...
Dengue fever in a tertiary hospital in Makkah, Saudi Arabia
(2009-12)
Dengue fever is endemic in the western part of Saudi Arabia. This study aimed at describing the clinical and laboratory profiles of dengue fever patients admitted to a tertiary hospital in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, from 2006 to 2008. A total of 159 dengue fever patients were admitted during the spring and early summer. Their mean age was 25.6±16.1 years. Males outnumbered females by a ratio of 2:1. Of them, 143 patients (89.9%) had classic dengue fever and 16 patients (10.1%) had dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF); one of them developed severe dengue ...