Dengue Virus 3 Genotype 1 Associated with Dengue Fever and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever, Brazil
Leandra Barcelos Figueiredoa b✉, Alzira Batista Cecílioc, Gustavo Portela Ferreiraa b✉, Betânia Paiva Drumonda b, Jaquelline Germano de Oliveiraa b✉, Cláudio Antônio Bonjardima b, Paulo César Peregrino Ferreiraa b, Erna Geessien Kroona b
- aUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- bUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; and
- cFundação Ezequiel Dias, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- ✉Corresponding author
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Abstract
Dengue serotype 3 viruses were isolated from patients in Brazil from 2002 through 2004. On the basis of phylogenetic analyses, these isolates were assigned genotype 1. This genotype had never been reported in South America before. Its appearance indicates a major risk factor for dengue epidemics and severe disease.
TL;DRDengue serotype 3 viruses isolated from patients in Brazil from 2002 through 2004 were assigned genotype 1 on the basis of phylogenetic analyses, indicating a major risk factor for dengue epidemics and severe disease. (Semantic Scholar)