Abstract
Imported Dengue Virus Serotype 3, Yemen to Italy, 2010
Highlights
To the Editor: Dengue is a mosquito-transmitted viral disease endemic to the tropics and subtropics worldwide. It is caused by 4 dengue virus serotypes (DENV-1–4) that belong to the genus Flavivirus
The disease varies from dengue fever to life-threatening hemorrhagic fever and shock that are associated with secondary infections
HQ336219) of 1,479 bp was aligned with 26 other DENV-3 strains, including the most similar sequences identified in nucleotide BLAST search and a global set of sequences representing different genotypes (4), by using MUSCLE
Summary
Author affiliations: State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, CAAS, Lanzhou, China Address for correspondence: Xing-Quan Zhu, Department of Parasitology, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, CAAS, 1 Xujiaping, Yanchangbu, Lanzhou, Gansu Province 730046, People’s Republic of China; email: xingquanzhu1@hotmail.com Imported Dengue Virus Serotype 3, Yemen to Italy, 2010
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