Autochthonous dengue fever, Tokyo, Japan, 2014.

ABSTRACT: After 70 years with no confirmed autochthonous cases of dengue fever in Japan, 19 cases were reported during August-September 2014. Dengue virus serotype 1 was detected in 18 patients. Phylogenetic analysis of the envelope protein genome sequence from 3 patients revealed 100% identity with the strain from the first patient (2014) in Japan.

SUBMITTER: Kutsuna S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4344289 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature