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Codon adaptation biases among sylvatic and urban genotypes of Dengue virus type 2.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Oct 2018
Dos Passos Cunha Marielton, Ortiz-Baez Ayda Susana, de Melo Freire Caio César, de Andrade Zanotto Paolo Marinho
Abstract excerpt
Dengue virus (DENV) emerged from the sylvatic environment and colonized urban settings, being sustained in a human-Aedes-human transmission chain, mainly by the bites of females of the anthropophilic species Aedes aegypti. Herein, we sought evidence for fine-tuning in viral codon usage, possibly due to viral adaptation to human transmission. We compared the codon adaptation of DENV serotype 2 (DENV-2) genotypes...
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