Article
Molecular epidemiological characteristics of dengue virus carried by 34 patients in Guangzhou in 2018.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2019
Liao Feng, Chen Huini, Xie Jieliang, Zhan Shaofeng, Pan Pan, Lao Zizhao, Fan Yaohua, Lin Lupin, Lai Yanni, Lin Shuangfeng, Wu Jianguo, Liu Xiaohong, Li Geng
Abstract excerpt
Dengue fever is a major worldwide public health problem that, as estimated by the WHO, causes epidemics in over 100 countries, resulting in hundreds of millions of dengue virus (DENV) infections every year. In China, dengue fever mainly occurs in coastal areas. Recurring dengue outbreaks were reported by Guangdong Province almost every year since the first epidemic in 1978. DENV infections persisted in Guangzhou...
Topics
- China
- Dengue
- Dengue Virus
- Epidemics
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Phylogeny
- Phylogeography