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Molecular characterization of dengue virus 1 from autochthonous dengue fever cases in Croatia.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Mar 2013
Kurolt I C, Betica-Radić L, Daković-Rode O, Franco L, Zelená H, Tenorio A, Markotić A
Abstract excerpt
In the summer of 2010, two autochthonous dengue fever cases were detected in Croatia. Here we report the retrospective detection of an additional case of dengue fever, representing the first sustained autochthonous transmission in Europe since 1928. In addition, we present the phylogenetic analyses based on two sequences from the Pelješac peninsula, southern Croatia. The sequences were identified as dengue virus...
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