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Twenty years of DENV-2 activity in Brazil: molecular characterization and phylogeny of strains isolated from 1990 to 2010.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Jan 2013
Faria Nieli Rodrigues da Costa, Nogueira Rita Maria Ribeiro, de Filippis Ana Maria Bispo, Simões Jaqueline Bastos Santos, Nogueira Fernanda de Bruycker, da Rocha Queiroz Lima Monique, dos Santos Flavia Barreto
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In Brazil, dengue has been a major public health problem since its introduction in the 1980s. Phylogenetic studies constitute a valuable tool to monitor the introduction and spread of viruses as well as to predict the potential epidemiological consequences of such events. Aiming to perform the molecular characterization and phylogenetic analysis of DENV-2 during twenty years of viral activity in the country,...
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