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Systemic dengue infection associated with a new dengue virus type 2 introduction in Brazil - a case report.
BMC infectious diseases - 1 Apr 2021
Cunha Marielton Dos Passos, Duarte-Neto Amaro Nunes, Pour Shahab Zaki, Hajjar Ludhmila Abrahão, Frassetto Fernando Pereira, Dolhnikoff Marisa, Saldiva Paulo Hilario do Nascimento, Zanotto Paolo Marinho de Andrade
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Dengue infection is caused by an arbovirus with a wide range of presentations, varying from asymptomatic disease to unspecific febrile illness and haemorrhagic syndrome with shock, which can evolve to death. In Brazil, the virus circulates since the 1980s with many introductions of new serotypes, genotypes, and lineages since then. Here we report a fatal case of dengue associated with a Dengue virus...
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