title: Dengue-1 virus isolation during first dengue fever outbreak on Easter Island, Chile.
abstract: Dengue virus was detected for the first time in Chile, in an outbreak of dengue fever on Easter Island. The virus was isolated in tissue culture and characterized by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction as being dengue type 1.
authors.affiliation: Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile School of Medicine, Virology Laboratory, Santiago, Chile. cperret@med.puc.cl
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Perret
authors.forename: Katia
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abarca
authors.forename: Jimena
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ovalle
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ferrer
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Godoy
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Olea
authors.forename: Ximena
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Aguilera
authors.forename: Marcela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferrés
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002677:Chile / Q000453:epidemiology; D003715:Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011114:Polynesia / Q000453:epidemiology; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014195:Travel