Understanding dengue pathogenesis: implications for vaccine design

In the second half of the twentieth century dengue spread throughout the tropics, threatening the health of a third of the world's population. Dengue viruses cause 50 -100 million cases of acute febrile disease every year, including more than 500 000 reported cases of the severe forms of the di...

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Main Author: Stephenson John R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2005-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862005000400016