Tag: dengue serotype

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  August 27, 2020 - by Alison

  How close are we to new treatments for dengue?

  2020 is already turning out to be another terrible year for dengue. The Pan America Health Organization is reporting all four dengue serotypes circulating in Guatemala, Mexico, Columbia and Brazil, significantly increasing the risk of severe infections. We recently explored why the ideal dengue vaccine…

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  February 17, 2014 - by breakdengue

  And then there were five… Another dengue serotype emerges

  Research published in mid-2013 shows that there could be five, not four, dengue serotypes. A dengue outbreak in Malaysia’s Sarawak province in 2007 was genetically distinct from the other four serotypes, according to research conducted by Nikos Vasilakis from the University of Texas. While this…

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