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Phylogenomics of Dengue Virus Isolates Causing Dengue Outbreak, São Tomé and Príncipe, 2022.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Feb 2024
Lázaro Lazismino, Winter Doris, Toancha Katia, Borges Adjaia, Gonçalves Anabela, Santos Asmiralda, do Nascimento Marcos, Teixeira Nilton, Sequeira Yardlene Sacramento, Lima Anery Katia, da Costa Pina Bakissy, de Sousa Andreza Batista, May Jürgen, Neto Rosa Maria Afonso, Schuldt Kathrin
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We determined that the dengue outbreak in São Tomé and Príncipe during 2022 was caused by dengue virus serotype 3 genotype III. Phylogenomic analyses showed that the outbreak strain was closely related to the newly identified GIII-American-II lineage and that the virus probably was introduced from the Americas.
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