Dengue virus type 4, Manaus, Brazil

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

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Dengue / blood
  • Dengue / epidemiology*
  • Dengue / virology*
  • Dengue Virus / classification*
  • Dengue Virus / genetics
  • Dengue Virus / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • RNA, Viral / blood
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction

Substances

  • RNA, Viral