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Genetic and phenotypic characterization of sylvatic dengue virus type 4 strains.
Virology - 5 Feb 2012
Rossi S L, Nasar F, Cardosa J, Mayer S V, Tesh R B, Hanley K A, Weaver S C, Vasilakis Nikos
Abstract excerpt
Four serotypes of dengue virus (DENV 1-4) currently circulate between humans and domestic/peridomestic Aedes mosquitoes, resulting in 100 million infections per year. All four serotypes emerged, independently, from sylvatic progenitors transmitted among non-human primates by arboreal Aedes mosquitoes. This study investigated the genetic and phenotypic changes associated with emergence of human DENV-4 from its...
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