CRISPR: Researchers Develop Miniature Paper Diagnostic Test
The team that first unveiled the rapid, inexpensive, highly sensitive CRISPR-based diagnostic tool called SHERLOCK has greatly enhanced the tool's ...
Tag: Mosquito-Borne
Zika Vaccine: Takeda Initiates Phase 1 Trial of TAK-426
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited today announced that its purified, inactivated, alum-adjuvanted, whole Zika virus vaccine candidate (TAK-426) has progressed into ...
FDA Approves Roche Zika Virus Test for Blood Donation Screening
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Roche Molecular Systems’ cobas Zika test, the first commercially available test for ...
What Does Warming Planet Mean for Mosquito-Bourne Diseases?
Workers in Ecuador spray insecticide to kill Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which spread dengue, chikungunya and Zika diseases. Credit: Dany Krom ...
BARDA Backs Food-Grade Compound as Repellent Against Zika-Carrying Mosquitoes
The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has announced intentions to award a research and development contract to Evolva ...
U.S. Navy to Sponsor Study on Acute Febrile Illness in Latin America
The U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6 (NAMRU-6) is looking for a public academic institution for a collaborative acute ...
BARDA Awards 46M for Treatment System that Cleans Pathogens from Blood
The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of ...
Princeton Researchers Develop Yellow Fever Virus Replication Tracking Technique
Researchers from Princeton University's Department of Molecular Biology have developed a new method that can precisely track the replication of ...
US Army Seeks Dengue Human Infection Model Prototype Development
The U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) has issued a solicitation focused on accelerating development of a dengue human ...
U.S. Navy Working to Improve Disease Surveillance in Cambodia
U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit 2 staff in Kampong Cham, Cambodia. (Photo by Capt. Dora Lockwood) The U.S. Naval Medical ...
NIAID-Backed Phase 1b Study to Evaluate Broad-Spectrum Antiviral for Dengue
A Phase 1b multiple ascending dose study to evaluate the safety and tolerability of UV-4B has been initiated by Emergency ...
From Outbreak to Endemicity: The Risks of Fading Interest in Zika
Although cases of Zika virus infection appear to be decreasing, the mosquito-borne virus likely will become endemic in the Americas ...
Better Surveillance Needed Against Rift Valley Fever Outbreaks
Researchers have developed Rift Valley fever risk zone maps. This map shows risk distribution in districts of central and southern ...
First Case of Possible Local Zika Transmission Reported in Texas
Texas health officials have reported that Zika virus infection has been diagnosed in a resident of Brownsville, Texas, without any ...
Fever and Human Mobility in an Epidemic
Dengue fever is common in Iquitos, Peru, a densely packed city surrounded by the Amazon. With the imminent arrival of ...
Zika Diagnostic Gets FDA Emergency Use Authorization
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for a multiplex nucleic acid test designed ...
Zika’s Potential Threat to World Blood Supply
Blood safety researchers say it is highly likely that the mosquito-borne Zika virus can be transmitted through blood transfusions and ...
Zika Snapshot: Virus Clone, Rapid Response Grants, DoD Biosurveillance
The Global Biodefense Zika Snapshot is a quick update on the latest news and research related to the Zika virus ...
NAMRU-6 Dengue Collaborative Research
The Naval Medical Research Unit 6 (NAMRU-6) is seeking sources for a collaborative research effort to continue a study entitled: ...
FDA Clears Roche’s Investigational Zika Blood Screening Test
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the availability of an investigational test, manufactured by Roche Molecular Systems, to ...
