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Jim Slade
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Achilles heel of dengue virus identified:Target 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. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120411144318.htm |
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robertmiles
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A mosquito is spreading toward northern Europe. This one can spread dengue and a few other diseases.
----------------------------------------Climate right for Asian mosquito to spread in N. Europe http://news.yahoo.com/climate-asian-mosquito-spread-n-europe-232540133.html Note that Yahoo frequently doesn't leave their articles available for long. [Edit 1 times, last edit by robertmiles at Apr 26, 2012 3:27:50 AM] |
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Harriscott
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Dengue vaccine in sight, after 70 years
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/05/us-...ine-idUSBRE8541C320120605 I guess we'll learn in September if this is mirage or miracle. |
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robertmiles
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Sri Lanka deploys troops to battle dengue fever
http://news.yahoo.com/sri-lanka-deploys-troop...ngue-fever-185744291.html Note that Yahoo sites tend not to be available very long. |
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Rickjb
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11 September 2012: Clinical Trial Results Indicate Advance in Dengue Vaccine Research
"The Dengue Vaccine Initiative (DVI) welcomed 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 efficacy of any dengue vaccine candidate against clinical dengue disease in a population naturally exposed to dengue. Dengue vaccine development efforts have been difficult because dengue is caused by four different related viruses, known as DENV 1, 2, 3 and 4. The results published in today’s study found that Sanofi’s vaccine candidate was effective against DENV 1, 3 and 4, but DENV 2 appeared to be resistant to vaccine in this trial. ..." |
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Jim Slade
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As Dengue Fever Sweeps India, a Slow Response Stirs Experts' Fears
----------------------------------------An epidemic of dengue fever in India is fostering a growing sense of alarm even as government officials here have publicly refused to acknowledge the scope of a problem that experts say is threatening hundreds of millions of people, not just in India, but around the world. http://tinyurl.com/b5rznj6 [Edit 1 times, last edit by Jim Slade at Nov 8, 2012 4:50:31 AM] |
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If you follow the link in GARDINER HARRIS's 'By'line there, you'll find another article about Dengue by the same author, too.
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Hundreds of thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes set to be released into the Florida Keys in experiment to fight dengue fever
Full story from the Daily Mail at the link below: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-22442...-battle-dengue-fever.html |
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rilian
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Forecast of Dengue Incidence Using Temperature and Rainfall
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Jim1348
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Scientists at an international research centre in New Delhi are claiming progress in their search for a dengue vaccine.
http://www.dw.de/indian-scientists-get-closer-to-dengue-vaccine/a-16597905 |
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