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Circulation of different lineages of Dengue virus 2, genotype American/Asian in Brazil: dynamics and molecular and phylogenetic characterization.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Drumond Betânia Paiva, Mondini Adriano, Schmidt Diane J, de Morais Bronzoni Roberta Vieira, Bosch Irene, Nogueira Maurício Lacerda
Abstract excerpt
The American/Asian genotype of Dengue virus type 2 (DENV-2) was introduced into the Americas in the 80's. Although there is no data showing when this genotype was first introduced into Brazil, it was first detected in Brazil in 1990. After which the virus spread throughout the country and major epidemics occurred in 1998, 2007/08 and 2010. In this study we sequenced 12 DENV-2 genomes obtained from serum samples...
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