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SUBMITTER: Roca Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3496373 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) 20090601 3
Dengue fever was first recognized in Bolivia in 1931. However, very limited information was available to date regarding the genetic characterization and epidemiology of Bolivian dengue virus strains. Here, we performed genetic characterization of the full-length envelope gene of 64 Bolivian isolates from 1998 to 2008 and investigated their origin and evolution to determine whether strains circulated simultaneously or alternatively, and whether or not multiple introductions of distinct viral vari ...[more]