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. 2008 Apr;14(4):667-9.
doi: 10.3201/eid1404.071185.

Dengue virus type 4, Manaus, Brazil

Regina Maria Pinto de Figueiredo  1 , Felipe Gomes Naveca, Michele de Souza Bastos, Miriam do Nascimento Melo, Suziane de Souza Viana, Maria Paula Gomes Mourão, Cristóvão Alves Costa, Izeni Pires Farias
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Dengue virus type 4, Manaus, Brazil

Regina Maria Pinto de Figueiredo et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Apr.

Abstract

We report dengue virus type 4 (DENV-4) in Amazonas, Brazil. This virus was isolated from serum samples of 3 patients treated at a tropical medicine reference center in Manaus. All 3 cases were confirmed by serologic and molecular tests; 1 patient was co-infected with DENV-3 and DENV-4.

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Location of Amazonas State and Manaus City, Brazil. CO, Colombia; VE, Venezuela; RR, State of Roraima.
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