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Case Reports
. 2008 Jan-Feb;15(1):46-9.
doi: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2007.00165.x.

Dengue virus type 2 isolated from an imported dengue patient in Japan: first isolation of dengue virus from Nepal

Tomohiko Takasaki  1 , Akira Kotaki, Kiyomi Nishimura, Yukiyoshi Sato, Atsuko Tokuda, Chang Kweng Lim, Mikako Ito, Shigeru Tajima, Reiko Nerome, Ichiro Kurane
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Dengue virus type 2 isolated from an imported dengue patient in Japan: first isolation of dengue virus from Nepal

Tomohiko Takasaki et al. J Travel Med. 2008 Jan-Feb.
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Abstract

We report the isolation of dengue virus type 2 from a dengue patient returning to Japan from Nepal in October, 2004. This is the first isolate of dengue virus in Nepal. According to nucleotide homology, the virus was closest to a dengue virus type 2 isolate from India.

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