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Molecular epidemiology of American/Asian genotype DENV-2 in Peru.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2013
Cruz Cristhopher D, Forshey Brett M, Juarez Diana S, Guevara Carolina, Leguia Mariana, Kochel Tadeusz J, Halsey Eric S
Abstract excerpt
During the past decade, countries in South America have reported dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) associated with American/Asian genotype of dengue virus serotype 2 (DENV-2). DENV-2 strains have been associated with large outbreaks of dengue fever and DHF in numerous regions of Peru since the mid-1990s, but studies to address the origins, distribution, and genetic diversity of DENV-2 strains have been limited. To...
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