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...Unlike many viral ailments such as chicken pox, dengue infection fails to ensure immunity from subsequent attacks. Worse, it can actually increase the odds you'll get DHF should you be twice-bitten by dengue-carrying mozzies. The virus comes in four strains, and when antibodies created by one type interact with antibodies created by another type, dengue gets nastier. "This is what is called antibody enhancement phenomenon," says Peiris. It's why a vaccine has so far eluded scientists. "The worry is that if you immunize someone without immunizing them against all four types, it might actually be worse...
...subject I would normally deem column worthy, but in this case the irony is too rich to ignore. For even as it celebrates the benefits of childhood vaccination, the U.S. is running out of the very vaccines needed to do the job. The biggest shortfalls: chicken-pox vaccine, various tetanus vaccines and the so-called pneumococcal conjugate vaccine...
...verge of a chicken-pox epidemic, but the longer the shortages persist, the greater the risk. "All you need is one case to get you into trouble," says Dr. James McCord of the Children's Hospitals and Clinics in St. Paul/Minneapolis, Minn. McCord and other pediatricians expect they'll be able to start catching up when more vaccine becomes available later this summer. But that means keeping track of lots of kids who have fallen behind in their immunization schedules. For many parents it also means taking yet another day off from work to make sure their children get their...
...Harrison: Smallpox is a virus. It?s a naturally occurring disease that?s transmitted from person to person via "droplet nuclei," or saliva, somewhat analogous to chicken pox. It first evolved long, long ago and eventually became a major pathogen for humans...
...chemical suits for the whole family; bemused neighbors inquire whether they are designer label. At least one Hollywood celebrity asks his security consultant about liquidating assets and burying gold in his backyard. OUTBREAK TRAINING reads the sign on the door of the Iowa Public Health Department. Smallpox? Or chicken pox...