Article
Emergence of Dengue Virus 4 as the Predominant Serotype during the Outbreak of 2017 in South India
1 Jul 2019
Abstract excerpt
Context: Dengue virus (DENV) causes acute febrile illness in tropical and subtropical countries. In India there is a steady increase in incidence since 1950s which could be attributed to emergence of new serotype or lineage\clade shifts in circulating DENV. Aims: We aimed to perform molecular characterisation and phylogenetic analysis on samples from the recent outbreak (August-October 2017). Settings and Design:...
