New Dengue Virus Type 1 Genotype in Colombo, Sri Lanka

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Tissera, Hasitha A. ; Ooi, Eng Eong ; Gubler, Duane J. ; Tan, Ying ; Logendra, Barathy ; Wahala, Wahala M.P.B. ; de Silva, Aravinda M. ; Abeysinghe, M.R. Nihal ; Palihawadana, Paba ; Gunasena, Sunethra ; Tam, Clarence C. ; Amarasinghe, Ananda ; Letson, G. William ; Margolis, Harold S. ; De Silva, Aruna Dharshan
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  • Dengue
  • Dengue Virus
  • Genes, Viral
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Phylogeny
  • Rna, Viral
  • Severe Dengue
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 17(11):2053-2055.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Sri Lanka
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  11
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/23709/cdc_23709_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 237.30 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:9260ca0f5c519c72ea4d080880c64ab2f758c83e5b69c0de324065645547af23