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 ...

Biological scientists have uncovered how the dengue virus uses its envelope protein to capture human plasmin from a blood meal to enhance the permeability of the mosquito midgut for infection.

Frontal view of a tropical disease vector mosquito biting human skin and sucking blood, known carrier of chikungunya, dengue and yellow fever, in Brazil it's commonly known as mosquito da dengue ...

Antibodies for Zika virus, a mosquito-borne virus that spread to the Americas in 2015 and still causes sporadic disease, can be confused in many diagnostic tests with antibodies for dengue virus, ...

LA JOLLA, CA—Children who experience multiple cases of dengue virus develop an army of dengue-fighting T cells, according to a new study led by scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI).

Puerto Rico has declared a dengue fever epidemic following a spike in cases, prompting questions about the mosquito-borne virus. The U.S. territory declared the public health emergency Monday, ...