Episode Details

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

The TWiVers review the outcomes of two recent phase 3 clinical trials of a quadrivalent dengue virus vaccine in Asia and Latin America.

Links for this episode

• Efficacy of dengue vaccine (NEJM)
• Preventing dengue (NEJM)
• Dengue viruses (Scitable)
• Intention to treat (Wikipedia)
• Image credit: Jean-Yves Sgro
• Letters read on TWiV 319

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