40,000 People Reportedly Sick From Dengue Fever

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40,000 people reportedly sick from dengue fever

BANGKOK, 4 September 2011 (NNT)-MD Kamron Chaisiri, a Zone 14 public health inspector, warned the public of dengue fever outbreak in an interview given in Surin province in the Northeast, as almost 40,000 people across the country have already developed the symptoms.

Among 37,728 patients who have the dengue fever, 27 were dead. The Central region has been reported with the highest number of patients followed by the North, the Northeast and the South.

In Surin province, 1,921 people reportedly have contracted the disease during the first 7 months of this year, although no death has been reported. According to Dr. Kamron, Buriram has 948 patients, Chaiyaphum 499, Nakhon Ratchasima 429 and Surin 45.

Mosquitos often breed at a much faster rate in the rainy season. Their breeding grounds can be found anywhere even with little amount of water. People are encouraged to keep their containers closed and their house dry. People who have the disease will develop a headache, sore eyes, a fever and red rashes or a nose bleed. They should seek medical attention immediately.

-- NNT 2011-09-04

[TomJoad]

I heard recently that they're getting close to a vaccine. The problem has been that the vaccine has to be good against all 3 subtypes of the virus at once. It's because if you have immunity to one subtype, it actually makes one more susceptible to the hemorrhagic forms of the other two.

[Soupdragon]

Still in the early stages but this is looking promising.

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[Tywais]

I heard recently that they're getting close to a vaccine.

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Vietnam to test dengue fever vaccine on children

Last updated: 8/30/2011 16:15

The Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City is going to test dengue fever vaccines at two Mekong Delta’s towns in September, following safe experiments on humans worldwide, the institute chief has said.

Doctor Tran Ngoc Huu, head of the institute and chairman of the research project, told the Tuoi Tre recently that dengue fever has been causing the most deaths and the third highest number of infections among 28 popular infectious diseases in Vietnam.

Figures from the Ministry of Health showed that Vietnam has reported around 30,000 dengue fever infections in Vietnam during the first eight months this year, mostly in the central and southern regions.

Experiment for the vaccine will be done on 1,402 children in Long Xuyen of An Giang Province and 934 in My Tho of Tien Giang Province.

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HCM CITY — The HCM City Pasteur Institute will carry out the final phase of clinical tests on a vaccine against dengue fever next month.

If these are successfully concluded, the vaccine will be widely circulated throughout the country in about three years' time.

The Sanofi Pasteur Group, the institute's research partner, carried out research on the vaccine 20 years ago. Research was also done in Singapore, Thailand, Australia and many other countries, said head of the institute Tran Ngoc Huu.

The first and second phases of Vietnamese clinical tests were carried out from 2008 on 6,200 people aged from one to 45. This indicated the vaccine was safe for humans, said Huu.

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[Bosse137]

I have had the fever twice,but no nosebleed,no sore eyes,no red rashes...But,sore muscles,headache and itching.And a feeling of wanting to throw up;no apetite..Also very tired,want to lay down.All in all,not a pleasant experience!!