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Air travel is associated with intracontinental spread of dengue virus serotypes 1-3 in Brazil.

ABSTRACT: Dengue virus and its four serotypes (DENV-1 to DENV-4) infect 390 million people and are implicated in at least 25,000 deaths annually, with the largest disease burden in tropical and subtropical regions. We investigated the spatial dynamics of DENV-1, DENV-2 and DENV-3 in Brazil by applying a statistical framework to complete genome sequences. For all three serotypes, we estimated that the introduction of new lineages occurred within 7 to 10-year intervals. New lineages were most likely to be imported from the Caribbean region to the North and Northeast regions of Brazil, and then to disperse at a rate of approximately 0.5 km/day. Joint statistical analysis of evolutionary, epidemiological and ecological data indicates that aerial transportation of humans and/or vector mosquitoes, rather than Aedes aegypti infestation rates or geographical distances, determine dengue virus spread in Brazil.

SUBMITTER: Nunes MR

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3990485 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Air travel is associated with intracontinental spread of dengue virus serotypes 1-3 in Brazil.

Nunes Marcio R T MR Palacios Gustavo G Faria Nuno Rodrigues NR Sousa Edivaldo Costa EC Pantoja Jamilla A JA Rodrigues Sueli G SG Carvalho Valéria L VL Medeiros Daniele B A DB Savji Nazir N Baele Guy G Suchard Marc A MA Lemey Philippe P Vasconcelos Pedro F C PF Lipkin W Ian WI

PLoS neglected tropical diseases 20140417 4

Dengue virus and its four serotypes (DENV-1 to DENV-4) infect 390 million people and are implicated in at least 25,000 deaths annually, with the largest disease burden in tropical and subtropical regions. We investigated the spatial dynamics of DENV-1, DENV-2 and DENV-3 in Brazil by applying a statistical framework to complete genome sequences. For all three serotypes, we estimated that the introduction of new lineages occurred within 7 to 10-year intervals. New lineages were most likely to be i ...[more]

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Air travel is associated with intracontinental spread of dengue virus serotypes 1-3 in Brazil.

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Air travel is associated with intracontinental spread of dengue virus serotypes 1-3 in Brazil.

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