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Re: Trip report/Dengue
[Re: KenM]
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04/28/2024 06:59 PM
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So sorry to hear about your wife's situation. Is she OK now? Being a person that is a magnet for mosquitos, thanks for the reminder.
Just for the record, it appears that you did not modify your post from Trip Advisor before you posted it here.
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Re: Trip report/Dengue
[Re: jborosara]
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04/29/2024 02:59 PM
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Re: Trip report/Dengue
[Re: Sunfun]
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04/29/2024 03:15 PM
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Sunfun--what is wrong? That there is a vaccine for dengue? I didn't think there was, but don't know.
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Re: Trip report/Dengue
[Re: jborosara]
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04/29/2024 11:11 PM
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dengue_vaccineThere is a vaccine but whether you should get it is tricky. You have to have had dengue before. If you take without having had dengue, it makes things worse. The key is early recognition and getting to doctor. wait too long and things can go poorly.
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Re: Trip report/Dengue
[Re: KenM]
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05/02/2024 03:37 PM
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I may be misreading it, but it appears from this and every other source that I've read that the vaccine is only available to children from 9 to 16, those that live in affected areas, and have been previously infected. So I'm not aware of any vaccine available to adults.
"In May 2019, Dengvaxia was approved in the United States as the first vaccine approved for the prevention of dengue disease caused by all dengue virus serotypes (1, 2, 3 and 4) in people ages nine through 16 who have laboratory-confirmed previous dengue infection and who live in endemic areas.[17][6] Dengue is endemic in the US territories of American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.[17]"
Disappointing for sure, it seems like a workable vaccine could have been developed since this Dengue has been around a long time.
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