title: Dengue virus type 2 isolated from an imported dengue patient in Japan: first isolation of dengue virus from Nepal.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan. takasaki@nih.go.jp
authors.forename: Tomohiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takasaki
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kotaki
authors.forename: Kiyomi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: Yukiyoshi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Atsuko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tokuda
authors.forename: Chang Kweng
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Mikako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tajima
authors.forename: Reiko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nerome
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kurane
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D004279:DNA, Viral