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President Benigno Aquino III at the launching of the dengue vaccine school-based immunization program. In April 2016, the DOH launched the dengue vaccination campaign in Central Luzon, Calabarzon and Metro Manila, where about 700,000 individuals received at least one dose of the vaccine. [11] The government paid P3.5-billion for the vaccine. [10]
It is an attenuated virus, is suitable for individuals aged 6–45 years and protects against all four serotypes of dengue. [55] Due to safety concerns about antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE), it should only be given to individuals who have previously been infected with dengue, in order to protect them from reinfection. [ 56 ]
[1] [2] For example, measles [3] is more dangerous to adults than to children over five years old. [1] [4] [5] Deliberately exposing people to diseases has since been discouraged by public health officials in favor of vaccination, which has caused a decline in the practice of pox parties, [6] although flu parties saw a resurgence in the early ...
Latin America is experiencing its worst dengue fever outbreak on record. Case numbers in the first 4 ½ months of 2024 are already 238% higher than they were by this time last year, which itself ...
The total number of dengue fever cases in the U.S. is now more than double the number recorded all of last year, federal data shows. More than 6,800 cases of dengue have been reported nationally ...
This year, the incidence of dengue fever globally has been the highest on record, especially in Latin American countries, where more than 9.7 million dengue cases have been reported. That's twice ...
A 29-year-old man gets tooth pain and almost dies of necrotizing fasciitis caused by the bacteria Streptococcus intermedius and Peptostreptococcus; a female financial adviser gets fatigue, joint pain, mental confusion, hair loss, and muscle weakness for over three years from Lyme disease after spending time in the woodlands; a seven-year-old ...
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