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New Dengue Fever Vaccine Highly Effective in Preventing Infection and Reducing Hospital Admissions

Currently, efforts are being made to promote immunization with vaccines. This new vaccine is highly effective in protecting up to 80.2% against all 4 strains of dengue fever and in reducing the rate of hospital admissions by 90.4% by injecting just 2 doses, 3 months apart, and can be injected both by people who have and by people who have contracted dengue fever. did not have dengue fever without first having to take a blood test. The injection can be given to children aged 4 years old to adults up to 60 years old. Side effects of vaccination may include pain at the injection site. But the symptoms will disappear within 2-3 days. Vaccination is one of the effective ways to prevent dengue fever. and can reduce the burden of expenses in case of infection and need for hospital treatment

Doctor Passorn Bunyahotra Pediatrician, pediatric infectious disease specialist Samitivej Sukhumvit Children’s Hospital said that dengue fever is a disease caused by infection with one of the four strains of the dengue virus: DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3 DENV-4 carried from Aedes mosquitoes When Aedes mosquitoes bite and suck the blood of a person infected with the dengue virus, the virus spreads into the bloodstream. and Aedes mosquitoes that are carriers that bite others The dengue virus spreads into the bloodstream of the bitten person, causing a viral infection. And this disease can occur more than once. If the second infection occurs, the symptoms may be more severe. and he may die if he is not seen by a doctor in time

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