Editorial
Dengue Research in Singapore Marking the Inaugural ASEAN Dengue Day
Dengue is the most rapidly spreading mosquito-borne viral disease in the world. An estimated 50 million dengue infections occur annually and approximately 2.5 billion people live in dengue endemic countries. Some 1.8 billion (more than 70%) of the population at risk of dengue worldwide live in the World Health...
Original Article
Subcutaneous Infection with Non-mouse Adapted Dengue Virus D2Y98P Strain Induces Systemic Vascular Leakage in AG129 Mice
Dengue (DEN) is an arthropod-borne viral disease that is endemic in subtropical and tropical countries. The highly domesticated Aedes aegypti mosquito is the main vector for DEN virus (DENV) transmission to humans. With approximately half the world's population residing in DEN endemic regions and more than 50 million new...
Original Article
Dengue Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices among Primary Care Physicians in Singapore
Dengue fever is the most common mosquito-borne viral illness worldwide and has reached hyperendemic proportions in the urban tropics and subtropics over the last 2 decades. With an estimated 2.5 billion people at risk and a global annual incidence of 50 million cases, dengue fever has been identified as...
Review Article
When Less is More: Can We Abandon Prophylactic Platelet Transfusion in Dengue Fever?
Dengue fever (DF) is the most common mosquito-borne human viral illness worldwide, and has rapidly spread to reach hyper-endemic proportions in the urban tropics over the last quarter of a century. With an estimated 2.5 billion people at risk and a global annual incidence of 50 million cases, DF...
Images in Medicine
A Calcified Tumour in the Pelvis
A 74-year-old woman who had a history of heart failure presented with abdominal pain for one day. Physically, local tenderness was found at the right upper quadrant of her abdomen. Blood tests revealed a haemoglobin of 11.1 g/dL and a leukocyte count of 5,500/µL (neutrophil 76.2%, lymphocyte 18.9% and...