Short communication: Feasibility of dengue vaccine to infect different human cell lines: An alternative potency test using HEK293T cells.

Dengue is caused by an arbovirus that belongs to the Flaviviridae family and there are four distinct, but close related, circulating serotypes. Dengue disease is of great importance for global public health, with vaccination being its main prophylactic measure. However, there is a paucity of biological models for evaluating tetravalent dengue vaccines.