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Genetic and phenotypic characterization of sylvatic dengue virus type 2 strains.
Virology - 1 Aug 2008
Vasilakis Nikos, Fokam Eric B, Hanson Christopher T, Weinberg Ethan, Sall Amadou A, Whitehead Stephen S, Hanley Kathryn A, Weaver Scott C
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The four serotypes of endemic dengue viruses (DENV) circulate between humans and peridomestic Aedes mosquitoes. At present endemic DENV infect 100 million people per year, and a third of the global population is at risk. In contrast, sylvatic DENV strains are maintained in a transmission cycle be...
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