IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGESChikungunya virus is transmitted by mosquitoes, most commonly Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti and Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictusBy Nicholas YongBBC News, Singapore The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the world’s first vaccine for chikungunya, which it sees as an “emerging global health threat”. The mosquito-borne disease causes fever and joint pains and can be...
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First phase 3 trial of a chikungunya vaccine candidate finds it is generally safe and provokes an immune response
by Lancet Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The VLA1553 vaccine candidate for chikungunya disease was generally well tolerated and produced an immune response in 99% (263/266) of participants, according to a phase 3 randomized controlled trial published in The Lancet. Because the study, VLA1553-301, was not conducted in regions where chikungunya is endemic, researchers were unable to investigate whether the vaccine protects against subsequent...