New dengue virus type 1 genotype in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Hasitha ATissera; Eng EongOoi; Duane JGubler; YingTan; BarathyLogendra; Wahala MPBWahala; Aravinda Mde Silva; MR NihalAbeysinghe; PabaPalihawadana; SunethraGunasena; +5 more... Clarence CTam; AnandaAmarasinghe; G WilliamLetson; Harold SMargolis; Aruna DharshanDe Silva; (2011) New dengue virus type 1 genotype in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Emerging infectious diseases, 17 (11). pp. 2053-2055. ISSN 1080-6040 DOI: 10.3201/eid1711.101893
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The number of cases and severity of disease associated with dengue infection in Sri Lanka has been increasing since 1989, when the first epidemic of dengue hemorrhagic fever was recorded. We identified a new dengue virus 1 strain circulating in Sri Lanka that coincided with the 2009 dengue epidemic.



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