Dengue virus surveillance in Singapore reveals high viral diversity through multiple introductions and in situ evolution

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-85

  Lee, Kim Sung ^a   Lo, Sharon ^a   Tan, Sharon Siok Yin ^a   Chua, Rachel ^a   Tan, Li Kiang ^a   Xu, Helen ^a   Ng, Lee Ching ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Dengue fever; Dengue virus importations; In situ evolution; Molecular epidemiology; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

AEDES; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SEROTYPE; SINGAPORE; SPECIES INTRODUCTION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS STRAIN;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SINGAPORE; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

DENGUE VIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS GROUP;

EID: 83555178397     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.10.012     Document Type: Article

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