New portable strip test accurately detects mosquito-borne viruses
A research team has developed a multisite bridging-mediated lateral flow immunoassay (mbLFIA) that enables highly sensitive, portable detection…
Review highlights traditional Chinese medicine for Chikungunya fever management
Chikungunya fever, caused by Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), has re‑emerged as a major global health threat. The 2025 outbreak…
New project launches to advance chikungunya vaccine in Africa
Funded by the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking, a new €15.3 million project coordinated by Institut Pasteur brings…
Griffith researchers on the cusp of new vaccine to prevent chikungunya
Griffith University researchers are on the cusp of a new vaccine to prevent chikungunya, a global health threat…
Chikungunya strikes two Hong Kong travellers as infection count rises to 70
Hong Kong has recorded two more imported cases of the mosquito-borne viral disease chikungunya involving a man and…
Hong Kong records third local chikungunya fever case in Tsing Yi
Albert Au Ka-wing (right), head of the Communicable Disease Branch of the Centre for Health Protection, and Anita…
Global study maps how trade and travel fuel the worldwide spread of disease-carrying mosquitoes
A comprehensive global analysis reveals how non-native mosquito vectors are hitchhiking across continents via shipping, tourism, and trade,…
Building resilience against the growing threat of arboviruses: a scoping review of Aedes vector surveillance, control strategies and insecticide resistance in Africa | Parasites & Vectors
Weetman D, Kamgang B, Badolo A, Moyes CL, Shearer FM, Coulibaly M, et al. Aedes mosquitoes and Aedes-borne…