From Rice Univsedrsity a new study on Dengue, A mosquito-born disease, which kills tens of thousands of people per year and sickens 100 million more. Known as “bone-break disease,� Dengue is characterized by excruciating pain and was “the most important mosquito-borne viral disease affecting humans� in 2005 according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
The study, from bioengineers and physicists at Rice University, appears in the March 24 issue of the journal Vaccine. The study suggests that the multi-site vaccination strategy, termed polytopic vaccination, may be effective against other diseases as well, including HIV and cancer.
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