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SUBMITTER: Sessions OM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3462662 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sessions October M OM Barrows Nicholas J NJ Souza-Neto Jayme A JA Robinson Timothy J TJ Hershey Christine L CL Rodgers Mary A MA Ramirez Jose L JL Dimopoulos George G Yang Priscilla L PL Pearson James L JL Garcia-Blanco Mariano A MA
Nature 20090401 7241
Dengue fever is the most frequent arthropod-borne viral disease of humans, with almost half of the world's population at risk of infection. The high prevalence, lack of an effective vaccine, and absence of specific treatment conspire to make dengue fever a global public health threat. 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 ...[more]