A vaccine for Dengue /

Dengue fever affects up to 100 million people every year, mainly children. It kills about 20,000 - and they die from what is known as dengue shock syndrome. The hunt is now on for a vaccine. Sanofi pasteur and GSK, two of the biggest drug companies in the world, have been working on a dengue fever v...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	British Broadcasting Corporation (Producer)
Other Authors:	Summers, Ben (Director, Producer), Bower, Dick (Producer), Wilson, Richard (Narrator)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	This edition in English.
Published:	London : SW Pictures Ltd., 2010.
Series:	Current affairs in video Kill or cure?
Subjects:	Dengue. Dengue > Treatment. Dengue > Vaccination. Dengue > Traitement. Alexander Street Video. Documentary films. Documentaires.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	Dengue fever affects up to 100 million people every year, mainly children. It kills about 20,000 - and they die from what is known as dengue shock syndrome. The hunt is now on for a vaccine. Sanofi pasteur and GSK, two of the biggest drug companies in the world, have been working on a dengue fever vaccine for some time. Kill or Cure? goes to Thailand and Vietnam to see what progress is being made.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed Jul. 9, 2013).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (22 min.).
Playing Time:	00:21:57