Brazil, with more than 1.5 million dengue cases, approves Dengvaxia

Brazil accounts for more than 70 percent of all the dengue fever cases reported in the Western hemisphere with 1.5 million of the 2.1 million total in 2015. In addition, Brazil has reported in excess of 800 dengue related fatalities and all four dengue virus serotypes are present. Following in the footsteps of other dengue-stricken countries ["]