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SUBMITTER: Ernst T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4311992 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ernst Timo T McCarthy Suzi S Chidlow Glenys G Luang-Suarkia Dagwin D Holmes Edward C EC Smith David W DW Imrie Allison A
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 20150130 1
Dengue virus (DENV) transmission is ubiquitous throughout the tropics. More than 70% of the current global dengue disease burden is borne by people who live in the Asia-Pacific region. We sequenced the E gene of DENV isolated from travellers entering Western Australia between 2010-2012, most of whom visited Indonesia, and identified a diverse array of DENV1-4, including multiple co-circulating viral lineages. Most viruses were closely related to lineages known to have circulated in Indonesia for ...[more]