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Emergence and diversification of dengue 2 cosmopolitan genotype in Pakistan, 2011.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Khan Mohammad A, Ellis Esther M, Tissera Hasitha A, Alvi Mohammad Y, Rahman Fatima F, Masud Faisal, Chow Angelia, Howe Shiqin, Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna, Ellis Brett R, Gubler Duane J
Abstract excerpt
Major dengue epidemics have been observed in the Indian subcontinent since the 1980s and have occurred with increased hospitalizations and mortality. In 2011, the first major epidemic of dengue occurred in Lahore, the second largest city in Pakistan, and resulted in 21,685 confirmed cases and 350 deaths. To investigate the possible viral causes for the increased epidemic activity, we determined the predominant...
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