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Dengue virus type 3 in Brazil: a phylogenetic perspective.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 May 2009
Araújo Josélio Maria Galvão de, Bello Gonzalo, Schatzmayr Hermann Gonçalves, Santos Flávia Barreto dos, Nogueira Rita Maria Ribeiro
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Circulation of a new dengue virus (DENV)-3 genotype was recently described in Brazil and Colombia, but the precise classification of this genotype has been controversial. Here we perform phylogenetic and nucleotide-distance analyses of the envelope gene, which support the subdivision of DENV-3 strains into five distinct genotypes (GI to GV) and confirm the classification of the new South American genotype as GV....
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