Dengue virus type 4, Manaus, Brazil.
We report dengue virus type 4 (DENV-4) in Amazonas, Brazil. This virus was isolated from serum samples of 3 patients treated at a tropical medicine reference center in Manaus. All 3 cases were confirmed by serologic and molecular tests; 1 patient was co-infected with DENV-3 and DENV-4.
Figueiredo
Regina Maria Pinto de
RM
Fundação de Medicina Tropical do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil. regina68@ig.com.br
Naveca
Felipe Gomes
FG
Bastos
Michele de Souza
MS
Melo
Miriam do Nascimento
MN
Viana
Suziane de Souza
SS
Mourão
Maria Paula Gomes
MP
Costa
Cristóvão Alves
CA
Farias
Izeni Pires
IP
D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003715:Dengue / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
D012367:RNA, Viral