Molecular epidemiology of type 1 and 2 dengue viruses in Brazil from 1988 to 2001

Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral infection that in recent decades has become a major international public health concern. Epidemic dengue fever reemerged in Brazil in 1981. Since 1990 more than one dengue virus serotype has been circulating in this tropical country and increasing rates of dengue hem...

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Main Authors: R.J. Pires Neto, D.M. Lima, S.O. de Paula, C.M. Lima, I.M. Rocco, B.A.L. Fonseca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2005-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2005000600005