Russia and Nicaragua are developing a vaccine against dengue fever

The joint Russian-Nicaraguan enterprise “Mechnikov” has developed dengue fever vaccineThis was announced on Wednesday by the head of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency (FMBA) Veronika Skvortsova.

“At the initiative of the President of (Nicaragua) Daniel Ortega, a vaccine against dengue fever has been developed, which will soon enter the phase of clinical trials,” he said at a meeting of the Eurasian Economic Forum, held this Wednesday in Moscow. , according to the official agency TASS.

He pointed out that the development of a dengue vaccine requires high tech so you don’t get any side effects.

“The vaccine has been developed and we will test it together,” he added.

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According to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), about 500 million people in the Americas are at risk of contracting dengue fever.

The infection may be asymptomatic or cause symptoms ranging from heat moderate to disabling fever with severe headache, pain behind the eyes, muscle and joint pain, and rash.

The disease may progress to severe dengue fevercharacterized by shock, shortness of breath, severe bleeding, or serious organ complications.

Countries such as Peru have reported numbers of cases of dengue infection that have not been seen before. The increase in the incidence is associated with factors such as global temperature increaseAdangerous access at your service water And sanitationAnd floods caused Boy coastal.

Therefore, the country had to declare a public health emergency in 222 districts of 20 regions in order to step up efforts to prevent and control the disease.

Today, no vaccine Not specific treatment for dengue, so prevention based on self-protection bites and avoid contact with standing water.

(According to EFE)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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