Dengue virus 3 genotype 1 associated with dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever, Brazil.
Dengue serotype 3 viruses were isolated from patients in Brazil from 2002 through 2004. On the basis of phylogenetic analyses, these isolates were assigned genotype 1. This genotype had never been reported in South America before. Its appearance indicates a major risk factor for dengue epidemics and severe disease.
Barcelos Figueiredo
Leandra
L
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Batista Cecílio
Alzira
A
Portela Ferreira
Gustavo
G
Paiva Drumond
Betânia
B
Germano de Oliveira
Jaquelline
J
Bonjardim
Cláudio Antônio
CA
Peregrino Ferreira
Paulo César
PC
Kroon
Erna Geessien
EG
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002460:Cell Line; D002648:Child; D003715:Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D019595:Severe Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology