Protective Immune Response to Dengue Virus Infection and Vaccines: perspectives from the field to the bench

• Autor principal: Scott Halstead (auth)
• Otros Autores: Simona Zompi (auth)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Lenguaje: inglés
• Publicado: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Colección: Frontiers Research Topics
• Materias: Medicine; Monocytes; NK cells; Dendritic Cells; Dengue; Antibodies; protection; Vaccines; T cells; Macrophages; Immunity
• Acceso en línea: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Dengue is the most important mosquito-transmitted viral disease in humans. Half of the world population is at risk of infection, mostly in tropical and sub-tropical areas. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 50 to 100 million infections occur yearly, with 50,000 to 100,000 deaths rela...