Prospects for dengue vaccines for travelers.
- Author:
Sl Ki LIM
1
;
Yong Seok LEE
;
Suk NAMKUNG
;
Jacqueline K LIM
;
In Kyu YOON
Author Information
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords: Dengue; Dengue vaccines; Travel
- MeSH: Dengue Vaccines*; Dengue*; Korea
- From:Clinical and Experimental Vaccine Research 2016;5(2):89-100
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Travel-acquired dengue cases have been increasing as the overall global dengue burden has expanded. In Korea, imported dengue cases have been reported since 2000 when it first became a notifiable disease. During the first four months of 2016, three times more dengue cases were reported in Korea than during the same period the previous year. A safe and efficacious vaccine for travelers would be beneficial to prevent dengue disease in individual travelers and potentially decrease the risk of virus spread to non-endemic areas. Here, we summarize the characteristics of dengue vaccines for travelers and review dengue vaccines currently licensed or in clinical development.
