title: New dengue virus type 1 genotype in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
abstract: The number of cases and severity of disease associated with dengue infection in Sri Lanka has been increasing since 1989, when the first epidemic of dengue hemorrhagic fever was recorded. We identified a new dengue virus 1 strain circulating in Sri Lanka that coincided with the 2009 dengue epidemic.
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
authors.forename: Hasitha A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Tissera
authors.forename: Eng Eong
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Ooi
authors.forename: Duane J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Gubler
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Barathy
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Logendra
authors.forename: Wahala M P B
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Wahala
authors.forename: Aravinda M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: de Silva
authors.forename: M R Nihal
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Abeysinghe
authors.forename: Paba
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Palihawadana
authors.forename: Sunethra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gunasena
authors.forename: Clarence C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Tam
authors.forename: Ananda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amarasinghe
authors.forename: G William
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Letson
authors.forename: Harold S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Margolis
authors.forename: Aruna Dharshan
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: De Silva
mesh_terms: D003715:Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005814:Genes, Viral; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry; D019595:Severe Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D013188:Sri Lanka / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral
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