Shope R E
WHO Center for Tropical Disease, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555-0609, USA.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 1997;28 Suppl 2:131-4.
Japanese encephalitis and dengue are mosquito-borne virus diseases of major human disease importance to the Asian region. Our current knowledge of their distribution and transmission cycles is reviewed, the classical approaches to their control are discussed. The development of live attenuated vaccines for both disease offers possible elimination of human epidemics through combined use of vaccine and mosquito control.
日本脑炎和登革热是蚊媒病毒疾病,对亚洲地区人类健康具有重大影响。本文综述了我们目前对其分布和传播周期的认识,并讨论了控制这些疾病的传统方法。针对这两种疾病研发的减毒活疫苗,通过疫苗接种与蚊虫控制相结合的方式,有望消除人类疫情。