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Clinical Trial Results Indicate Advance in Dengue Vaccine Research

The Dengue Vaccine Initiative (DVI) welcomes new clinical trial results that reveal progress in developing the first-ever dengue vaccine. In a publication in The Lancet, pharmaceutical company Sanofi Pasteur reported results from the first study conducted to evaluate the ...More

September 11, 2012

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Researchers Find Intricate Relationships Between Mosquitoes, Dengue Virus and Climate Change

Dengue fever most likely will become a disease the United States must learn to live with as climate change creates opportunities for the disease to gain a foothold. But after careful study of the disease’s characteristics, the mosquitoes that carry it and future climate ...More

July 6, 2012

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Concerns Over Cost of Dengue Vaccine Lessened with New Study

Research funded by the Dengue Vaccine Initiative (DVI) involving an economic analysis of producing a tetravalent dengue vaccine shows that the cost could be as low as $0.20 per dose with an annual production level of 60 million doses packaged in 10-dose vials. The study ...More

June 28, 2012

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CDC Develops New Test for Dengue Virus

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed a new diagnostic test to detect the presence of dengue virus in people with symptoms of dengue fever or dengue hemorrhagic fever. The test, called the CDC DENV-1-4 Real Time RT PCR Assay, has been authorized ...More

June 20, 2012

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Analyzing Disease Transmission at the Community Level

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have found evidence of a role for neighborhood immunity in determining risk of dengue infection. While it is established that immunity can be an important factor in the large-scale distribution of disease, ...More

May 28, 2012

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Researchers Identify Achilles Heel of Dengue Virus, Target for Future Vaccines

A team of scientists from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Vanderbilt University have pinpointed the region on dengue virus that is neutralized in people who overcome infection with the deadly pathogen. The results challenge the current state of dengue ...More

April 16, 2012

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New Model Accurately Predicts Who Will Develop Deadly Form of Dengue Fever

Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch have developed the first accurate predictive model to differentiate between dengue fever (DF) and its more severe form, dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). The breakthrough, which could vastly reduce the disease's mortality ...More

February 16, 2012

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First Genome-Wide Association Study for Dengue Identifies Candidate Susceptibility Genes

Researchers in South East Asia have identified two genetic variants associated with increased susceptibility to severe dengue. The study, funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Agency for Science, Technology, and Research, Singapore, offers clues to how the body responds to ...More

October 17, 2011

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Small Molecule Hobbles Dengue In Vitro and In Vivo

A novel compound inhibits dengue virus, as well as other closely related important human pathogens. The research is published in the September 2011 issue of the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Dengue virus causes an estimated about 50 million infections ...More

September 19, 2011

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Common Bacterium Stops Mosquitoes from Transmitting Dengue Virus

Strains of a bacterium commonly found in fruit flies can prevent the Aedes aegypti mosquito from transmitting the virus that causes dengue fever, researchers have found. Their discovery could lead to a more effective way to control dengue worldwide. North Carolina State ...More

August 24, 2011

Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens

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