title: Complete genomic sequence of a dengue type 2 virus from the French West Indies.
abstract: Severe forms of dengue fever, dengue haemorrhagic fever, and dengue shock syndrome, were not prominent in the Americas until the epidemic of Cuba in 1981. Since that time, they have spread to other countries in Central and South America, correlating with the spread of dengue type 2 viruses related to Southeast Asian strains. We report here the complete genomic sequence of a dengue type 2 virus isolated during the epidemic in La Martinique in 1998. This constitutes the first complete genetic characterization of a dengue virus strain from French West Indies, and also the first molecular identification in this region of a dengue 2 strain phylogenetically related to the emerging American type 2 dengue viruses.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Virologie Tropicale, Institut de Médecine Tropicale du Service de Santé des Armées.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tolou
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Couissinier-Paris
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mercier
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Pisano
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: de Lamballerie
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: de Micco
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Durand
mesh_terms: D019943:Amino Acid Substitution / Q000235:genetics; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D003715:Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D016679:Genome, Viral; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017421:Sequence Analysis; D012703:Serotyping; D014900:West Indies / Q000453:epidemiology