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FDA approves the first vaccine for dengue fever, but with major restrictions
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Philippines: Dengue cases top 40K in 1st two months of 2019
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Dengue fever threat looms in Philippines amid vaccine fears and deadly measles outbreak
Again, children are vulnerable and those who have been infected by dengue previously run a higher risk of dying from a second bite from an Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits the virus. Complicating matters, Weiler says, is a controversy surrounding the Dengvaxia dengue vaccine, the world’s first, produced by French manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur.
The health department and public health advocates in the Philippines blamed the recent measles outbreak on a massive health scare over Dengvaxia, the once-promising dengue vaccine introduced by the government three years ago. The Dengvaxia dengue vaccine is thought to have caused 10 deaths, and has convinced Filipino parents not to give their children a measles shot despite the recent outbreak.
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Dengue virus (DENV) is the most important arbovirus among humans. With around half the world population at risk and recent estimates of about 60–100 million symptomatic infections per year,1,2 DENV imposes a substantial burden to communities and health systems in most tropical and subtropical countries.3–6 Dengue can be caused by any of four viral serotypes (DENV 1–4); symptoms range from asymptomatic or mild febrile illness to severe dengue and, in some cases, death.7,8
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Dengue Vaccine Controversy In The Philippines