1. Dengue Virus Serotype 4, Northeastern Peru, 2008
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Brett M. Forshey, Amy C. Morrison, Cristhopher Cruz, Claudio Rocha, Stalin Vilcarromero, Carolina Guevara, Daria E. Camacho, Araceli Alava, César Madrid, Luis Beingolea, Víctor Suarez, Guillermo Comach, and Tadeusz J. Kochel
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Dengue virus ,Peru ,South America ,vector-borne infections ,mosquitoes ,viruses ,Medicine ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 - Abstract
In 2008, dengue virus serotype 4 (DENV-4) emerged in northeastern Peru, causing a large outbreak and displacing DENV-3, which had predominated for the previous 6 years. Phylogenetic analysis of 2008 and 2009 isolates support their inclusion into DENV-4 genotype II, forming a lineage distinct from strains that had previously circulated in the region.
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- 2009
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