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Concurrent infection with dengue virus type-2 and DENV-3 in a patient from Ceará, Brazil.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Dec 2006
Araújo Fernanda Montenegro de Carvalho, Nogueira Rita Maria Ribeiro, de Araújo Josélio Maria Galvão, Ramalho Izabel Letícia Cavalcante, Roriz Maria Lucia Feitosa de Sá, de Melo Maria Elizabeth Lisboa, Coelho Ivo Castelo Branco
Abstract excerpt
Dengue outbreaks have occurred in several regions in Brazil and cocirculating dengue virus type 1 (DENV-1), DENV-2, and DENV-3 have been frequently observed. Dual infection by DENV-2 and DENV-3 was identified by type-specific indirect immunofluorescence assay and confirmed by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction in a patient in Ceará with a mild disease. This is the first documented case of...
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