Article
Evolutionary dynamics of dengue virus in India.
PLoS pathogens - 1 Apr 2023
Jagtap Suraj, Pattabiraman Chitra, Sankaradoss Arun, Krishna Sudhir, Roy Rahul
Abstract excerpt
More than a hundred thousand dengue cases are diagnosed in India annually, and about half of the country's population carries dengue virus-specific antibodies. Dengue propagates and adapts to the selection pressures imposed by a multitude of factors that can lead to the emergence of new variants. Yet, there has been no systematic analysis of the evolution of the dengue virus in the country. Here, we present a...
Topics
- Humans
- Dengue Virus
- Dengue
- Phylogeny
- Viral Envelope Proteins
- Serogroup
- Genotype
- India
