Dengue virus type 3 in Brazil: a phylogenetic perspective

Circulation of a new dengue virus (DENV)-3 genotype was recently described in Brazil and Colombia, but the precise classification of this genotype has been controversial. Here we perform phylogenetic and nucleotide-distance analyses of the envelope gene, which support the subdivision of DENV-3 strai...

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Main Authors: Josélio Maria Galvão de Araújo, Gonzalo Bello, Hermann Gonçalves Schatzmayr, Flávia Barreto dos Santos, Rita Maria Ribeiro Nogueira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2009-05-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762009000300021