Dengue virus type 2 isolated from an imported dengue patient in Japan: first isolation of dengue virus from Nepal.
We report the isolation of dengue virus type 2 from a dengue patient returning to Japan from Nepal in October, 2004. This is the first isolate of dengue virus in Nepal. According to nucleotide homology, the virus was closest to a dengue virus type 2 isolate from India.
Takasaki
Tomohiko
T
Department of Virology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan. takasaki@nih.go.jp
Kotaki
Akira
A
Nishimura
Kiyomi
K
Sato
Yukiyoshi
Y
Tokuda
Atsuko
A
Lim
Chang Kweng
CK
Ito
Mikako
M
Tajima
Shigeru
S
Nerome
Reiko
R
Kurane
Ichiro
I
D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000097:blood; D003715:Dengue / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology*; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000208:ethnology; D009390:Nepal; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014195:Travel
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D004279:DNA, Viral