Dengue -- Worldwide/Unknown
On [Fri 2 Feb 2018], Filipino authorities tied at least 3 deaths to the 2016
deployment of Dengvaxia, the world's 1st dengue fever vaccine, Reuters
reported.
Vaccine manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur admitted in November [2017] that the vaccine, Dengvaxia, might increase the odds of severe illness in inoculated children who had not previously been infected with the dengue virus. Over 800 000 children were injected with the vaccine, and a panel of experts formed to investigate 14 deaths
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5618310&promed&0
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