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A media reportof 7 May 2017, quoting health officials, is advising that there have been more than 150 people infected with dengue fever in Kenya’s coastal county of Mombasa.
All travellers to endemic regions are potentially at risk of dengue fever and should be aware of this infection. Prevention relies on avoiding mosquito bites.
Vaccine
There is no vaccine against dengue fever licensed in the UK.
Dengvaxia®, developed by Sanofi Pasteur MSD, is the first vaccine to be licensed in the world for the prevention of dengue.
At present the World Health Organisation (WHO) is trialling several candidate vaccines against dengue fever.