Interestingly, the dengue vaccine confers better protection in children who have previously been exposed to dengue, compared to children who have never had dengue before. Photo: AFP
The world has been waiting for a safe and effective dengue vaccine for quite a while.
Paediatric Department head of Hospital Kuala Lumpur’s Paediatric Institute, Datuk Dr Hussain Imam Muhammad Ismail, notes that the scientific community has been trying to develop a vaccine for dengue – a mosquito-borne infectious disease currently endemic in over 100 countries and a leading cause of child hospitalisation and death in Asia and Latin America – since the 1990s.
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