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Hagåtña, GUAM — A case of dengue fever in Guam is believed to be the first to be contracted locally in the last 75 years.
Pacific Daily News reports the sick person has no travel history outside of Guam, with all previous dengue cases imported from off-island.
The Department of Public Health is...
Washington, D.C. — Dengvaxia, the live attenuated vaccine for preventing dengue disease, was approved by the FDA late Wednesday night for children ages 9-16 with laboratory-confirmed previous dengue infection and who live in dengue-endemic areas. The vaccine protects against symptomatic disease...
Apia, SAMOA — A 14-year-old girl has died at the Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital at Motootua from typhoid and dengue fever.
A representative of the deceased’s family, Leota Faaui Mika Samuelu, confirmed the death and indicated that the doctors advised the family that she died due to typhoid and...
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Monash University's World Mosquito Programme says wolbachia bacteria can stop mosquitoes from spreading dengue and other diseases like chikungunya and zika.
The programme director of impact assessment, Professor Cameron Simmons, said wolbachia was a naturally occurring bacteria and once transmitted...