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Trial aims to reduce dengue fever case numbers by up to 25 per cent

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Researchers are hoping an early-warning system that will be trialled in Vietnam could help to reduce the growing number of dengue fever cases. Dengue fever is the world's most prevalent mosquito-borne disease and cases have been increasing across the Western Pacific and South East Asia. A computer model which will serve as an early-warning system will be rolled out across selected districts in Vietnam's Mekong Delta early next year.

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