title: Sylvatic dengue virus type 2 activity in humans, Nigeria, 1966.
abstract: Using phylogenetic analysis of complete virus genomes from human isolates obtained in Nigeria in 1966, we identified sylvatic dengue virus (DENV) strains from 3 febrile patients. This finding extends current understanding of the role of sylvatic DENV in febrile disease and documents another focus of sylvatic DENV transmission in West Africa.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Nikos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vasilakis
authors.forename: Robert B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Tesh
authors.forename: Scott C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Weaver
mesh_terms: D003715:Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000266:history*; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny