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Emergence and global spread of a dengue serotype 3, subtype III virus.

ABSTRACT: Over the past two decades, dengue virus serotype 3 (DENV-3) has caused unexpected epidemics of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) in Sri Lanka, East Africa, and Latin America. We used a phylogenetic approach to evaluate the roles of virus evolution and transport in the emergence of these outbreaks. Isolates from these geographically distant epidemics are closely related and belong to DENV-3, subtype III, which originated in the Indian subcontinent. The emergence of DHF in Sri Lanka in 1989 correlated with the appearance there of a new DENV-3, subtype III variant. This variant likely spread from the Indian subcontinent into Africa in the 1980s and from Africa into Latin America in the mid-1990s. DENV-3, subtype III isolates from mild and severe disease outbreaks formed genetically distinct groups, which suggests a role for viral genetics in DHF.

SUBMITTER: Messer WB

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3023445 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Emergence and global spread of a dengue serotype 3, subtype III virus.

Messer William B WB Gubler Duane J DJ Harris Eva E Sivananthan Kamalanayani K de Silva Aravinda M AM

Emerging infectious diseases 20030701 7

Over the past two decades, dengue virus serotype 3 (DENV-3) has caused unexpected epidemics of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) in Sri Lanka, East Africa, and Latin America. We used a phylogenetic approach to evaluate the roles of virus evolution and transport in the emergence of these outbreaks. Isolates from these geographically distant epidemics are closely related and belong to DENV-3, subtype III, which originated in the Indian subcontinent. The emergence of DHF in Sri Lanka in 1989 correlate ...[more]

PMID: 12899133

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Emergence and global spread of a dengue serotype 3, subtype III virus.

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