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SUBMITTER: Schwartz LM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4470297 | biostudies-other | 2015 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Schwartz Lauren M LM Halloran M Elizabeth ME Durbin Anna P AP Longini Ira M IM
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Dengue has become the most rapidly expanding mosquito-borne infectious disease on the planet, surpassing malaria and infecting at least 390 million people per year. There is no effective treatment for dengue illness other than supportive care, especially for severe cases. Symptoms can be mild or life-threatening as in dengue hemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome. Vector control has been only partially successful in decreasing dengue transmission. The potential use of safe and effective tet ...[more]