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The Impact of the Newly Licensed Dengue Vaccine in Endemic Countries.

Maíra AguiarNico StollenwerkScott B Halstead
Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2016)
Our results show that vaccinating dengue monotypic immune individuals prevents dengue hospitalizations, but at the same time dengue infections of vaccine-sensitized persons increases hospitalizations. When the vaccine is given only to partial immune individuals, after immunological screening of the population, disease burden decreases considerably.
Keyphrases
  • zika virus
  • aedes aegypti
  • dengue virus
  • mouse model