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Thepopewearsplaid t1_ivimj8g wrote

Reply to comment by PrivateRedditUser224 in English company Oxitec has released a simple, easy to distribute commercial product they say cuts Dengue Fever spreading mosquito populations by 96%. By just adding water, genetically modified mosquito eggs mature into males whose sperm cannot result in viable female larvae. by lughnasadh

There's a vaccine for dengue? Since when? How good is it?

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PrivateRedditUser224 t1_ivqhkfo wrote

I was wrong. There wasn't one back then, it was just one of the more common diseases to deal with and I forgot there wasn't a vax.

Like someone else pointed out, it is a very recent development from this year so I don't know much about it

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