Characterization and phylogenetic relationships of strains of Dengue type 1 virus from Costa Rica

 

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Authors: Cerdas Quesada, César Alonso, Retana Salazar, Axel P.
Format: artículo original
Publication Date:2007
Description:Phylogenetic analysis of the envelope gene sequence (E) of three isolated Dengue virus type 1 (DEN- 1) sequences from the Costa Rican 1993 epidemic was performed. All the strains fell into genotype V. Genotype V has grouped all the strains isolated from America, three strains from Africa and two strains from Asia. Costa Rican strains are closely related to the strain from Angola and to the Brazil 1990 strain. Costa Rican strains are able to cause DHF but with low clinical disease severity and low incidence maybe because of low virulence.
Country:Kérwá
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Kérwá
OAI Identifier:oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/672
Online Access:http://www.ots.ac.cr/tropiweb/attachments/volumes/vol55-2/02-Cerdas-Character.pdf
http://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/6016
https://hdl.handle.net/10669/672
http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/rbt.v55i2.6016
Keyword:Flavivirus
Costa Rica
Dengue Virus
Phylogeny
Molecular Epidemiology
Sistemática molecular
Epidemiología molecular