There has been testing of a dengue vaccine in Singapore since 2009. However, my GP informed me last week when I presented with a very high fever that there wouldn't be a vaccine available until 2015. read more
Dengue vaccine research. Dengue is a mosquito-borne flavivirus disease that has spread to most tropical and many subtropical areas. The disease is caused by four closely related viruses, the Dengue viruses 1-4. There are no specific dengue therapeutics and prevention is currently limited to vector control measures. read more
Still, he has some reservations. “The vaccine has significantly lower efficacy with dengue 1 and 2 than dengue 3 and 4,” he says, referring to the distinct but closely related strains of the virus. The vaccine may also perform differently in larger settings and communities than it did in clinical trials, he says. read more