Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2008)

Dengue Virus Type 4, Manaus, Brazil

  • Regina Maria Pinto de Figueiredo,
  • Felipe Gomes Naveca,
  • Michele de Souza Bastos,
  • Miriam do Nascimento Melo,
  • Suziane de Souza Viana,
  • Maria Paula Gomes Mourão,
  • Cristóvão Alves Costa,
  • Izeni Pires Farias

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1404.071185
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 4
pp. 667 – 669

Abstract

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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.

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