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Malaria
Forgotten in the tropics: research on Culex mosquitoes is overshadowed in malaria and dengue-endemic regions
In many countries where mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue are endemic, the research community focuses on studying the mosquito vectors of these diseases in the Anopheles and Aedes genera, respectively. In these settings, other mosquito taxa, including Culex...
Typhoid
The invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella vaccine landscape: Innovations and challenges ahead
Invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella disease represents a major public health challenge, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, where it is a leading cause of community-acquired bloodstream infections. Despite its significant morbidity and mortality, no licensed vaccines exist. Recognizing this unmet need,...
Dengue Fever
Towards national guidance on dengue and chikungunya vaccination in travellers: Lessons from global recommendations
Dengue and chikungunya are mosquito-borne viral diseases with expanding geographical ranges driven by climate change, urbanisation, and globalisation. In 2024, dengue cases exceeded 14.6 million globally, with more than 12,000 deaths, while chikungunya cases surpassed 410,000 in the Americas. Increasing...
Typhoid
Shifting targets: typhoid's transformation from an environmental to a vaccine-preventable disease, 1940–2019
160 years after the discovery of its waterborne transmission and 120 years after the development of the first-generation of vaccines, typhoid fever remains a major health threat globally. In this Historical Review, we use WHO's Institutional Repository for Information Sharing to examine changes in typhoid...
Experts Opinions
Highlights of the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)
There were many exciting new developments in tropical medicine presented at the ASTMH meeting on malaria, emerging and re-emerging diseases, and many other infectious diseases.
