DENGUE FEVER SPOTLIGHT & FACTS

- Dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF), a potentially lethal complication, was first recognized in the 1950s..

- 2.5 billion people – two fifths of the world's population – are now at risk

- In 2007 alone, there were more than 890 000 reported cases of dengue in the Americas.

- The disease is now endemic in more than 100 countries in Africa, the Americas, the Eastern Mediterranean, South-east Asia and the Western Pacific

- An estimated 500 000 people with DHF require hospitalization each year...

- About 2.5% of those affected die,a very large proportion being children.

- Without proper treatment, DHF fatality rates can exceed 20%..
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Arbovax Aims to Remove the Sting from Mosquito-Borne Diseases
You can't take the bite out of the mosquito, but a small Raleigh biotechnology company could become very big by taking the might out of that sometimes dead..

Arbovax, Inc. and Immunobiosciences, Inc announce a Collaborative Agreement on Dengue Vaccine Research
Arbovax, Inc (Arbovax) and Immunobiosciences, Inc (IBI) today announced that they will initiate research collaboration on the development of safe and effective ..
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