The epidemic of Dengue virus type-2 Cosmopolitan genotype on Reunion Island relates to its active circulation in the Southwestern Indian Ocean neighboring islands.

ABSTRACT: Reunion Island is currently experiencing an epidemic caused by Dengue virus type-2 (DENV-2) resulting in over 6,763 cases from austral summer 2017 to winter 2018. Phylogenetic analyses on two non-imported cases of dengue infection from Reunion Island highlight a regional circulation of DENV-2 Cosmopolitan lineage 1 virus on both Reunion Island and the Seychelles.

SUBMITTER: Pascalis H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6458493 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature