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Dengue virus type 4 phylogenetics in Brazil 2011: looking beyond the veil.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Dec 2011
de Souza Renato Pereira, Rocco Iray M, Maeda Adriana Y, Spenassatto Carine, Bisordi Ivani, Suzuki Akemi, Silveira Vivian R, Silva Sarai J S, Azevedo Roberta M, Tolentino Fernanda M, Assis Jaqueline C, Bassi Margarida G, Dambrós Bibiana P, Tumioto Gabriela L, Gregianini Tatiana S, Souza Luiza Terezinha M, Timenetsky Maria do Carmo S T, Santos Cecília L S
Abstract excerpt
Dengue Fever and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever are diseases affecting approximately 100 million people/year and are a major concern in developing countries. In the present study, the phylogenetic relationship of six strains of the first autochthonous cases of DENV-4 infection occurred in Sao Paulo State, Parana State and Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, 2011 were studied. Nucleotide sequences of the envelope gene were...
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