‘Dengue virus is becoming resistant to vaccines and treatment’ | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

‘Dengue virus is becoming resistant to vaccines and treatment’ | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

By PTI |Houston |Updated: September 23, 2019 10:30:46 am

‘Dengue virus is becoming resistant to vaccines and treatment’

The research, published in the journal PLOS Pathogens, notes that one of the strains of the virus, DENV2 has smooth spherical surface particles while growing at the carrier mosquito's physiological temperature of 29 degrees Celsius.

The structural changes, the researchers warned, could cause vaccines and therapeutics to be ineffective against the virus. (Photo: Getty Images/Thinkstock)

The mosquito-borne deadly dengue virus that infects about 400 million people globally every year — especially in the tropic and sub-tropic regions of the world — is undergoing changes that are helping it evade vaccines and therapeutics, according to a study.