These pages are being continuously updated – these diseases have no vaccine available to help prevent infection in humans. There are numerous global projects continuing. A trial is being held in the Philippines with a new vaccine against the dengue virus. Also on-going research into targeting the DNA of the male anopheles mosquito so that when fertilising the female only male offspring are produced. It is only the female of the species that bites humans
We have taken the CDC American Centre for Health website for reliable current information regarding zika virus

 

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