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![Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, also rendered Penn & Teller: B.S.!, Bullsh*t!, Bulls***!, or Bull!, is an American documentary television series that has aired since 2003 on the premium cable channel Showtime. In Canada, the series airs on […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/PennTeller-36x36.png "Penn & Teller de-construct the anti-vaccination movement")
Penn & Teller de-construct the anti-vaccination movement
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How Pandemics Spread: Introduction to Infectious Diseases
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![When you get the flu, viruses turn your cells into tiny factories that help spread the disease. In this animation, NPR’s Robert Krulwich and medical animator David Bolinsky explain how a flu virus can trick a single […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/FLU-36x36.jpg "Flu Attack! How A Virus Invades Your Body")
Flu Attack! How A Virus Invades Your Body
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![The first part explores how centuries of scientific and religious dogma were overturned by the earliest discoveries of the existence of cells, and how scientists came to realise that there was, literally, more to life than meets […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cell-36x36.jpg "BBC The Cell The Hidden Kingdom – Documentary")
BBC The Cell The Hidden Kingdom – Documentary
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![This video, created by Nucleus Medical Media, shows the function of white blood cells in normal immunity. It also portrays how the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) affects the immune system and causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Common […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/HIV-36x36.jpg "Medical Animation: HIV and AIDS")
Medical Animation: HIV and AIDS
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Influenza animation – flu virus mechanism
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dengue Archive
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![Study probes connection between disease and low platelet count The playground ditty “first the worst, second the best” isn’t always true when it comes to dengue fever. Some patients who contract the virus a second time can […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/shutterstock_251480638-115x115.jpg "Rogue antibody linked to severe second dengue infections")
Rogue antibody linked to severe second dengue infections
Posted on February 1, 2017 | No CommentsStudy probes connection between disease and low platelet count The playground ditty “first the worst, second the best” isn’t always true when it comes to dengue fever. Some patients who contract the virus a second time can […] -
![Scientists are working at new ways to come up with vector control methods to fight off dengue fever. A genetically modified mosquito has shown resistance to infection by the dengue fever virus. However, the same genetic alterations […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Dengue_mosquito-mutant-115x115.jpg "Mosquito mutant – Genetic modification helps scientists fight dengue virus")
Mosquito mutant – Genetic modification helps scientists fight dengue virus
Posted on January 16, 2017 | No CommentsScientists are working at new ways to come up with vector control methods to fight off dengue fever. A genetically modified mosquito has shown resistance to infection by the dengue fever virus. However, the same genetic alterations […] -
![Scientists at the UNC School of Medicine are working to develop a nanoparticle vaccine to protect against the four serotypes of dengue virus, which infects more than 350 million people across the globe each year. Aravinda de […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dengue-virus-infection-115x115.jpg "Can nanotechnology help develop a workable dengue virus vaccine?")
Can nanotechnology help develop a workable dengue virus vaccine?
Posted on November 15, 2016 | No CommentsScientists at the UNC School of Medicine are working to develop a nanoparticle vaccine to protect against the four serotypes of dengue virus, which infects more than 350 million people across the globe each year. Aravinda de […] -
![A study published in the journal, PLOS Neglected Tropical Disease, details how a team of researchers at the University of Carolina successfully vaccinated mice against a serotype (strain) of dengue virus. This can potentially help quell the […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Dengue-virus-115x115.jpg "Scientists developed a vaccine that could protect 350 million lives")
Scientists developed a vaccine that could protect 350 million lives
Posted on October 26, 2016 | No CommentsA study published in the journal, PLOS Neglected Tropical Disease, details how a team of researchers at the University of Carolina successfully vaccinated mice against a serotype (strain) of dengue virus. This can potentially help quell the […] -
![India suffers from the highest number of dengue infections in the world, but there are few studies, if any, to understand the immune cells involved in fighting the virus. A recent study published in the Journal of […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/India-fights-dengue-1-115x115.jpg "Emory Vaccine Center-India partnership sheds light on Dengue immune response")
Emory Vaccine Center-India partnership sheds light on Dengue immune response
Posted on October 26, 2016 | No CommentsIndia suffers from the highest number of dengue infections in the world, but there are few studies, if any, to understand the immune cells involved in fighting the virus. A recent study published in the Journal of […] -
![Mosquito saliva, which is long-known to help the transmission of infectious agents into the host, is also found to inhibit the virus in case of Dengue infection. A protein named D7, which is present in Aedes aegypti […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/mosquito-115x115.png "Mosquito saliva found effective at keeping Dengue virus at bay")
Mosquito saliva found effective at keeping Dengue virus at bay
Posted on September 23, 2016 | No CommentsMosquito saliva, which is long-known to help the transmission of infectious agents into the host, is also found to inhibit the virus in case of Dengue infection. A protein named D7, which is present in Aedes aegypti […] -
![A new study published Thursday in the journal Science suggests the world’s first approved dengue vaccine may harm people if improperly distributed. While Dengvaxia can prevent people who have already survived dengue from coming down with a […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Vaccination_pix-115x115.jpg "Dengue vaccine benefits and risks: New study notes dangerous regions")
Dengue vaccine benefits and risks: New study notes dangerous regions
Posted on September 2, 2016 | No CommentsA new study published Thursday in the journal Science suggests the world’s first approved dengue vaccine may harm people if improperly distributed. While Dengvaxia can prevent people who have already survived dengue from coming down with a […] -
![Abundance of data has created new ways to gather insights All eyes are on Rio as much for Olympic highlights as it is for the unfolding Zika health crisis. But with 42 countries and territories reporting confirmed […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/data_stop_mosquito-115x115.jpg "Targeting mosquito-borne disease with data")
Targeting mosquito-borne disease with data
Posted on August 12, 2016 | No CommentsAbundance of data has created new ways to gather insights All eyes are on Rio as much for Olympic highlights as it is for the unfolding Zika health crisis. But with 42 countries and territories reporting confirmed […] -
![“It’s happened. We have a vaccine that enhances dengue,” said Scott B. Halstead, MD, talking about a phenomenon whereby the dengue vaccine sets up dengue-naive recipients for severe disease. Halstead, the leading figure in dengue research in […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Zika_Dengue-115x115.jpg "Contrary dengue vaccine response hints at possible problems with Zika")
Contrary dengue vaccine response hints at possible problems with Zika
Posted on August 1, 2016 | No Comments“It’s happened. We have a vaccine that enhances dengue,” said Scott B. Halstead, MD, talking about a phenomenon whereby the dengue vaccine sets up dengue-naive recipients for severe disease. Halstead, the leading figure in dengue research in […] -
![The major symptom of severe dengue disease is leakage of blood plasma out of small blood vessels, which can lead to shock and death. A study published on July 14th in PLOS Pathogens suggests that the dengue […]](https://id-ea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Dengue-Virus-115x115.jpg "Dengue virus protein alters blood vessel surface, makes it leaky")
Dengue virus protein alters blood vessel surface, makes it leaky
Posted on July 20, 2016 | No CommentsThe major symptom of severe dengue disease is leakage of blood plasma out of small blood vessels, which can lead to shock and death. A study published on July 14th in PLOS Pathogens suggests that the dengue […]