Dengue Bulletin

imported dengue patient and then break the
dengue virus transmission as quickly as
possible. This approach has been very
effective since 1988. However, the cost is
very high and the task is time-consuming.
The future goal to resolve dengue virus
infection is to understand the pathogenesis
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Alternatively, developing the dengue vaccine
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