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Emergence of Genotype I of Dengue Virus Serotype 3 during a Severe Dengue Epidemic in Sri Lanka in 2017.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 22 Sept 2021
Ngwe Tun Mya Myat, Muthugala Rohitha, Rajamanthri Lakmali, Nabeshima Takeshi, Buerano Corazon C, Morita Kouichi
Abstract excerpt
During the 2017 outbreak of severe dengue in Sri Lanka, dengue virus (DENV) serotypes 2, 3, and 4 were found to be co-circulating. Our previous study of 295 patients from the National Hospital Kandy in Sri Lanka between March 2017 and January 2018 determined that the dominant infecting serotype was DENV-2. In this study, we aimed to characterize the DENV-3 strains from non-severe and severe dengue patients from...
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