DENGUE FEVER

The diseases that puzzle science

An episode from the series PROGRAMMED TO KILL

Synopsis

Dengue threatens 3 billion people today and infects 390 million every year. It is incurable since there are no anti-viral drugs to treat it. This is the world’s most debilitating, rapidly spreading, and prevalent mosquito-borne viral disease.

This film unlocks the secrets to why it is extremely difficult to treat and manage and how the virus returns with a vengeance if survivors are re-infected. Scientists and physicians share their fears and frustrations in tackling this seemingly undefeatable enemy.

But there is hope. The first-ever dengue vaccine has just been released. A historic breakthrough for medical science, over 2 centuries since it was first detected.