First isolation of dengue 3 in Brazil from an imported case

First isolation of dengue 3 in Brazil from an imported case

The authors report the isolation of dengue 3 virus for the first time in Brazil. The patient, resident in Limeira-SP, traveled to Nicaragua on May 16th, 1998, where he stayed for two months. Starting on August 14th he had fever, headache, myalgia, arthralgia, retro-orbital pain and diarrhea. He retu...

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Main Authors: ROCCO Iray Maria, KAVAKAMA Berenice Bustamanti, SANTOS Cecília Luiza Simões
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2001-01-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Dengue 3
Virus isolation
PCR
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652001000100011

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