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SUBMITTER: Ramalho ILC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6193373 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ramalho Izabel Letícia Cavalcante ILC Araújo Fernanda Montenegro de Carvalho FMC Cavalcanti Luciano Pamplona de Góes LPG Braga Deborah Nunes Melo DNM Perdigão Anne Carolinne Bezerra ACB Santos Flavia Barreto Dos FBD Nogueira Fernanda de Bruycker FB Escóssia Kiliana Nogueira Farias da KNFD Guedes Maria Izabel Florindo MIF
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 20181018 11
BACKGROUND The first dengue cases in Brazil with laboratory confirmation occurred in the northern region of the country, with the isolation of two serotypes, dengue virus 1 (DENV-1) and DENV-4. In Ceará, the introduction of DENV-4 was reported during a DENV-1 epidemic in 2011, with only two isolations. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to characterise the first DENV-4 epidemic in the state of Ceará, Brazil. METHODS The study population was composed of patients with suspected dengue that were ...[more]