Evidence for the co-circulation of dengue virus type 3 genotypes III and V in the Northern region of Brazil during the 2002-2004 epidemics

Evidence for the co-circulation of dengue virus type 3 genotypes III and V in the Northern region of Brazil during the 2002-2004 epidemics

The reintroduction of dengue virus type 3 (DENV-3) in Brazil in 2000 and its subsequent spread throughout the country was associated with genotype III viruses, the only DENV-3 genotype isolated in Brazil prior to 2002. We report here the co-circulation of two different DENV-3 genotypes in patients l...

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Main Authors: Meri Bordignon Nogueira, Vanessa Stella, Juliano Bordignon, Weber Cheli Batista, Luana de Borba, Luis Hildebrando Pereira da Silva, Federico Guillermo Hoffmann, Christian Macagnan Probst, Claudia Nunes Duarte dos Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2008-08-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
dengue virus type 3
genotype III and V
co-circulation
phylogenetic analysis
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