While the world awaits a Zika vaccine, the first ever injection against dengue fever is spreading, with Mexico becoming next week the latest country where people can get the shot.
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(Medical Xpress)—The mosquito-borne dengue virus infects up to 390 million people a year. Symptoms of dengue fever include a measles-like rash, fever, body aches and joint pain. In a small subset of cases, the disease develops ...
Rio de Janeiro launched an operation to wipe out dengue fever-carrying mosquitoes Wednesday, after an explosion of cases of the potentially deadly tropical disease hit the 2016 Olympics host city.
Dec 30, 2015
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Brazil became the first South American country Monday to authorize the world's first-ever dengue fever vaccine, which its French manufacturer says has the potential to save hundreds of lives here.
Dec 28, 2015
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The world's first dengue vaccine won regulatory approval in Mexico on Wednesday, raising hopes that it could prevent more than 100 deaths there a year and eventually perhaps millions around the world.
Dec 9, 2015
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The first-ever comprehensive genomic analysis of the virus that causes dengue fever suggests that it may survive year-round in southern China. The study, published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, ...
Oct 12, 2015
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Clinical trials for a dengue fever treatment could start within a year, following a discovery by University of Queensland scientists.
Sep 9, 2015
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Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have identified a key culprit responsible for the fluid loss and resulting shock that are the hallmark of severe - and potentially fatal - dengue virus infections.
Sep 9, 2015
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A dengue vaccine candidate by French drugmaker Sanofi protects more than three quarters of participants, an analysis found Monday.
Jul 28, 2015
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Researchers at Vanderbilt University and the National University of Singapore have determined the structure of a human monoclonal antibody which, in an animal model, strongly neutralizes a type of the potentially lethal dengue ...
Jul 2, 2015
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