Dengue Types 1 and 3 Identified in Travelers Returning from Kathmandu, Nepal, during the October 2022 Outbreak Are Related to Strains Recently Identified in India

Dengue Types 1 and 3 Identified in Travelers Returning from Kathmandu, Nepal, during the October 2022 Outbreak Are Related to Strains Recently Identified in India

Phylogenetic analysis of dengue serotypes 1 and 3, which were diagnosed in travelers and Nepalese infected in Kathmandu during the October 2022 outbreak, revealed that both serotypes were clustered closest to the sequences sampled in India. This suggests both serotypes may have originated in India.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Neta S. Zuckerman, Eli Schwartz, Prativa Pandey, Oran Erster, Osnat Halpern, Efrat Bucris, Hagar Morad-Eliyahu, Marina Wax, Yaniv Lustig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-11-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
dengue
outbreak
phylogenetic analysis
travel
next generation sequencing
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/15/12/2334

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