Dengue fever, hand-foot-mouth disease still rampant
The Ministry of Health stated on July 3 that dengue fever and hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) was still rampant in many provinces nationwide.
Nguyen Van Binh, head of the Preventive Medicine Department, said the two diseases are rapidly spreading in the southern and central provinces. Ninh Binh in the North has reported the most number of cases with over 300 patients, 60 percent of who contracted the disease through the lethal virus strain EV 71.
The month of June alone recorded more than 1,758 dengue fever cases in 30 provinces and cities with three fatalities, bringing the total toll in the country to 17,510 with 14 deaths. Despite the high figure, the number has decreased 2.9 percent.
Medical workers fret about the hand-foot-mouth disease because of 40 related deaths in the first six months of the year. Yet the department said the South and Central provinces still reported younger patients were contracting the disease.
The department blamed parents and district medical workers of low awareness of HFMD which was causing these severe outbreaks.
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The Ministry of Health stated on July 3 that dengue fever and hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) was still rampant in many provinces nationwide. Nguyen Van Binh, head of the Preventive Medicine Department, said the two diseases are rapidly spreading in the
Sinovac Biotech has started Phase II trial of EV71 vaccine as a treatment for hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). The double blinded, placebo-controlled, single center and randomized trial aims to establish the dosage level of the vaccine while
By NCBR staff FORT COLLINS - Inviragen announced it has initiated the first clinical trial of the company's proprietary Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine in Singapore. The study will be conducted at the Investigational Medicine Unit at the National
Cases of hand, foot and mouth disease have increased more than 90 per cent in southern Vietnam, killing at least 20 children and infecting nearly 4000, since the start of 2011, health officials said on Thursday. There are no national statistics,
– After raging in southern and central provinces, causing 17 deaths, hand-foot-mouth disease has spread to Hanoi, with a new type of virus which is more dangerous. The first cases of hand-foot-mouth disease were recorded in early June
Sinovac: Phase II Clinical Trial For Hand, Food And Mouth Disease ...
– Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech Ltd. announced this week the commencement of a Phase II clinical trial for its proprietary inactivated EV71 vaccine against Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD).
The safety observation results from the EV71 vaccine Phase I trial completed in May 2011 showed good safety and tolerance profiles for all three age groups (adult, children and infant groups). The preliminary immunogenicity study results also showed that the vaccine induced good immune responses.
The purpose of the Phase II clinical trial is to determine the dosage level through evaluating the immunogenicity and safety with different level of dosages of Sinovac’s EV71 vaccine candidate, and to provide reference data for the Phase III clinical trial.
The Phase II clinical trial is designed as a single center, randomization, double blinded, and placebo controlled study. 540 healthy volunteers from 3 to 35 months old will be enrolled in three age groups. Dosing with the first shot was started on schedule.
According to Dr. Weidong Yin, Chairman, President & CEO of Sinovac Biotech, the company intends to complete the Phase II clinical trial within the next six months and commence the Phase III clinical trial before spring of 2012. This would allow Sinovac to assess the efficacy of the vaccine candidate within the expanded population during the HFMD outbreak season anticipated in the spring of 2012.
HFMD has become a serious problem in China and the Asia-Pacific region. Although the disease is typically of short duration, there has been an increase in severe HFMD cases associated with the Enterovirus 71, or EV71.
According to the Chinese Ministry of Health’s data available for the period from January 1 to November 30, 2010, the disease caused 876 deaths in China and over 1.73 million HFMD infection cases during the 2010 eleven-month period. HFMD is common among infants and children, as most of the recently reported cases have occurred in children under five years of age.
Other vaccine products being developed by Sinovac include vaccines for Japanese Encephalitis, animal and human rabies, HIB and epidemic meningitis, chickenpox, mumps, and rubella.
Praying for my friend in ministry he put his hand and foot in his mouth and caught a disease lol.... 
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