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New dengue virus type 1 genotype in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2011
Tissera Hasitha A, Ooi Eng Eong, Gubler Duane J, Tan Ying, Logendra Barathy, Wahala Wahala M P B, de Silva Aravinda M, Abeysinghe M R Nihal, Palihawadana Paba, Gunasena Sunethra, Tam Clarence C, Amarasinghe Ananda, Letson G William, Margolis Harold S, De Silva Aruna Dharshan
Abstract excerpt
The number of cases and severity of disease associated with dengue infection in Sri Lanka has been increasing since 1989, when the first epidemic of dengue hemorrhagic fever was recorded. We identified a new dengue virus 1 strain circulating in Sri Lanka that coincided with the 2009 dengue epidemic.
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