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Origin and evolution of dengue virus type 3 in Brazil.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Jan 2012
de Araújo Josélio Maria Galvão, Bello Gonzalo, Romero Hector, Nogueira Rita Maria Ribeiro
Abstract excerpt
The incidence of dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever in Brazil experienced a significant increase since the emergence of dengue virus type-3 (DENV-3) at the early 2000s. Despite the major public health concerns, there have been very few studies of the molecular epidemiology and time-scale of this DENV lineage in Brazil. In this study, we investigated the origin and dispersion dynamics of DENV-3 genotype III...
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