Introduction of dengue virus 4 (DENV-4) genotype I into Brazil from Asia?

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  de Melo, Fernando Lucas ^a   Romano, Camila Malta ^a   Zanotto, Paolo Marinho de Andrade ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIA; BRAZIL; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS STRAIN; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ASIA; BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 65549101065     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000390     Document Type: Editorial

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