Recent expansion of dengue virus serotype 3 in West Africa

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1-4

  Franco, L ^a,b   di Caro, A ^b,c   Carletti, F ^c   Vapalahti, O ^b,d   Renaudat, C ^b,e   Zeller, H ^f   Tenorio, A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b European Network for Imported Viral Disease

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^f EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS 2; DENGUE VIRUS 3; EUROPE; HUMAN; IMPORT DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77952470359     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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