Issues Related to Recent Dengue Vaccine Development
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Issues Related to Recent Dengue Vaccine Development
Dengue fever (DF) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) are mosquito-transmitted diseases of global importance. Despite significant research efforts, no approved vaccines or antiviral drugs against these diseases are currently available. This brief article reviews the status of dengue vaccine development, with particular emphasis on the vaccine strategies in more advanced stages of evaluation; the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Tropical Medicine and Health
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1349-4147,1348-8945
DOI: 10.2149/tmh.2011-s01