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. 2010 Jan;16(1):123-5.
doi: 10.3201/eid1601.091275.

Rapid displacement of dengue virus type 1 by type 4, Pacific region, 2007-2009

Dong-sheng Li  1 , Wen Liu, Aurélie Guigon, Candice Mostyn, Richard Grant, John Aaskov
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Rapid displacement of dengue virus type 1 by type 4, Pacific region, 2007-2009

Dong-sheng Li et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Jan.

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  • Correction: Vol. 16, No. 1.
    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 May;23(5):884. doi: 10.3201/eid2305.C12305. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017. PMID: 31305622 Free PMC article.

Abstract

Since 2000-2001, dengue virus type 1 has circulated in the Pacific region. However, in 2007, type 4 reemerged and has almost completely displaced the strains of type 1. If only 1 serotype circulates at any time and is replaced approximately every 5 years, DENV-3 may reappear in 2012.

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Island nation states of the Pacific region.
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Figure 2
Phylogenetic relationships between the envelope (E) protein genes of dengue type 4 viruses recovered from patients from Pacific island nation states during 2007–2009 outbreaks and from dengue type 4 viruses from Southeast Asia and earlier outbreaks in the Pacific region. Bootstrap values are shown for key nodes. Scale bar represents 0.01 nt changes per site.
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