Vaccine for Dengue Fever Near

The World Health Organization reports Dengue fever infects up to 50 million people around the world each year, killing thousands. The disease, common in tropical countries around the world, has undergone a resurgence in the past few decades. As dengue potentially threatens the continental United States with reported cases on the Texas-Mexico border, U.S. Army researchers in Bangkok are closing in on a vaccine to conquer this mosquito-borne disease. VOA's Kate Pound Dawson brings us this report prepared by Pros Laput in Bangkok.

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[megabigblur]

@match20045 The point of early diagnosis is so that the doctors can keep the patient in the hospital and give them proper treatment to treat the haemorrhage. Because the early symptoms are just fever, if the doctors do not know it's dengue they will just give the patient paracetamol and tell them to go home. But, I agree with you on the global warming making the mosquitoes go further north.

[MosquitoMagnetRepair]

Wow Dengue fever is pretty serious. While we wait for a vaccine, Mosquito Magnets can at least put a dent in the mosquito population.

[kimberlyjoytan]

Bad dengue