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Dengue vaccine poised for roll-out but safety concerns linger

Indonesia will be using the jab from next year, but some scientists say there are insufficient data to rule out that it could make infections worse in some people.
  1. Smriti Mallapaty

    1. Smriti Mallapaty is a senior reporter in Sydney, Australia.

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A vaccine to prevent infection from dengue — a mosquito-borne disease that kills 20,000 people a year — is poised to roll out in Indonesia next year. But the jab is stirring debate: some researchers say that important safety concerns have been overlooked.

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Nature 611, 434-435 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-03546-2

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  • Correction 11 November 2022: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that Qdenga was an inactivated-virus vaccine. It is a live attenuated vaccine.

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