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

• Main Author: Scott Halstead (auth)
• Other Authors: Simona Zompi (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; Monocytes; NK cells; Dendritic Cells; Dengue; Antibodies; protection; Vaccines; T cells; Macrophages; Immunity
• Online Access: 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...