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Title: Philippines prepared for 'worst-case scenario' after 733,000 given dengue vaccine that could worsen
Post by: rangerrebew on December 04, 2017, 12:59:53 pm

Philippines prepared for 'worst-case scenario' after 733,000 given dengue vaccine that could worsen disease


    Harriet Agerholm

    22 hours ago


The Philippines is prepared for a "worst-case scenario" after warnings that a vaccine against dengue fever could cause symptoms of the disease to become more severe.

French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi Pasteur on Wednesday admitted clinical data showed Dengvaxia – the first licensed dengue vaccine – could make the disease worse in people who had not previously been infected with the virus.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/philippines-dengue-fever-vaccine-children-immunisation-dengvaxia-sanofi-pasteur-a8088561.html (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/philippines-dengue-fever-vaccine-children-immunisation-dengvaxia-sanofi-pasteur-a8088561.html)