The dengue virus has a roughly spherical shape. Inside the virus is the nucleocapsid, which is made of the viral genome and C proteins. The nucleocapsid is surrounded by a membrane called the ...

Dengue fever is a common tropical infection ... Presumptive diagnosis of dengue is still widely used in the clinical setting. Molecular-based diagnosis is the new approach to achieve early ...

Dengue virus is a currently a problematic global infection. Diagnosis via new molecular-based techniques have become a new hope for early diagnosis, but are still limited due to their costs and ...

Typically, dengue causes a severe flu-like illness with high fever, headache, and severe body and joint pains. Most patients recover from dengue infections. A more dangerous form of dengue ...

In his lab in Purdue’s Department of Biological Sciences, Kuhn studies specifically RNA viruses, particularly those spread by mosquitoes and ticks, including alphaviruses like chikungunya and eastern ...