Novel dengue virus type 1 from travelers to Yap State, Micronesia.

ABSTRACT: Dengue virus type 1 (DENV-1), which was responsible for the dengue fever outbreak in Yap State, Micronesia, in 2004, was isolated from serum samples of 4 dengue patients in Japan. Genome sequencing demonstrated that this virus belonged to genotype IV and had a 29-nucleotide deletion in the 3 noncoding region.

SUBMITTER: Nukui Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3373118 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature