Army scientists developing vaccine to prevent dengue fever
Infection Control Weekly Monitor, November 5, 2008
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While dengue fever is seldom seen in the United States or Europe, it is the focus of the United States Army’s largest overseas medical research laboratory in Bangkok. Military scientists are working on an experimental vaccine that experts say may be commercially available by the middle of the next decade, reported The New York Times.
Dengue is a mosquito-borne illness and one of the costliest diseases in tropical countries because of the care and monitoring patients require. It is the second-most common cause of feverish symptoms for Western tourists returning from developing countries. But the Army is so interested in the disease because American soldiers have contracted dengue on missions in places such as Haiti and Somalia. The World Health Organization estimates that 50 million people are infected with the disease every year.
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