Developing a viable vaccine against dengue virus has proved difficult because the pathogen is actually four different virus types, or serotypes. Unless a vaccine protects against all four, a vaccine can wind up doing more harm than good. To help vaccine developers overcome this hurdle, the UNC ...
Citing these autopsy results, Acosta and the family members all point to the same culprit for the children’s deaths:Dengvaxia, made by French pharmaceutical giantSanofi, the first and only vaccine approved to protect against the dengue virus, which infects an estimated 390 million people around ...
Different preclinical studies have shown that the delivery of DNA-encoded antibodies is able to protect against different infectious diseases, like dengue virus, respiratory syncytial virus and chikungunya virus [10,11,12]. Currently, several of these pDNA-encoded antibody designs are being evaluated ...
Step 2: Protect yourself Reduce the number of mosquitos in your areaby getting rid of any standing water in your yard (tarp folds, kiddie pools). And protect your family from getting bit. Most species of mosquitos feed at dawn or dusk, so that’s when you need to stay inside or use ...
Liver cells have an innate resistance to RNA viral infections like hepatitis A, dengue and Zika thanks to a protein called IRF1, according to researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) and Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science (TMIMS). When present in liver...
However, mosquitoes may feed at any time of day, so be sure to protect yourself How effective are the most common insect repellents?DEET (Brands: Off, Cutter, Ultrathon, Sawyer)Studies have shown DEET (N, N-diethyl-m-toluamide) is very effective against insects such as mosquitoes, ticks,...
Most people have had mosquito bites at some time in their life.Usually, you swat a mosquito away and cope with the unpleasant but temporary itch. But because you can't tell which mosquitoes can spread germs, it's important to protect yourself from these bites. ...
This dilemma was at the center of last week’sdecision by an expert committeeadvising the World Health Organization to sharply scale back use of a controversial vaccine called Dengvaxia, the first to protect against dengue infection. Two years ago, many of the same experts concluded the vaccine ...
The easiest, laziest way to protect yourself. Absolutely the best trick in the book – put mosquito protection ‘up your sleeve’. These mosquito-repelling bracelets are totally natural and DEET-free. Your choice here is only aesthetic –the plastic spiral braceletsare the most popular and come...
[9]. Different preclinical studies have shown that the delivery of DNA-encoded antibodies is able to protect against different infectious diseases, like dengue virus, respiratory syncytial virus and chikungunya virus [10,11,12]. Currently, several of these pDNA-encoded antibody designs are being ...