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Dengue Fever
Researchers from Duke University detail new studies and findings in the area of dengue fever
May 20th, 2009
According to recent research from the United States, "Dengue fever is the most frequent arthropod-borne viral disease of humans, with almost half of the world's population at risk of infection(1). The high prevalence, lack of an effective vaccine, and absence of specific treatment conspire to make dengue fever a global public health threat(1,2)." "Given their compact genomes, dengue viruses (DENV-1-4) and other flaviviruses probably require an extensive number of host factors; however, only a limited number of human, and an even smaller number of insect host factors, have been identified(3-10). Here we identify insect host factors required for DENV-2 propagation, by...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-05-20)
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