Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2019)

Early Genomic Detection of Cosmopolitan Genotype of Dengue Virus Serotype 2, Angola, 2018

  • Sarah C. Hill,
  • Jocelyne Neto de Vasconcelos,
  • Bernardo Gutierrez Granja,
  • Julien Thézé,
  • Domingos Jandondo,
  • Zoraima Neto,
  • Marinela Mirandela,
  • Cruz dos Santos Sebastião,
  • Ana Luísa Micolo Cândido,
  • Carina Clemente,
  • Sara Pereira da Silva,
  • Túlio de Oliveira,
  • Oliver G. Pybus,
  • Nuno R. Faria,
  • Joana Morais Afonso

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2504.180958
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 4
pp. 784 – 787

Abstract

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We used portable genome sequencing to investigate reported dengue virus transmission in Angola. Our results show that autochthonous transmission of dengue serotype 2 (cosmopolitan genotype) occurred in January 2018.

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