New Microbes and New Infections (Jan 2020)

Co-circulation of dengue virus type 3-genotype I and type 2-Cosmopolitan genotype in 2018 outbreak in Dhaka, Bangladesh

  • F.U. Ahmad,
  • S.K. Paul,
  • M.S. Aung,
  • R. Mazid,
  • M. Alam,
  • S. Ahmed,
  • N. Haque,
  • M.A. Hossain,
  • S. Paul,
  • R. Sharmin,
  • N. Kobayashi

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 33

Abstract

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Dengue virus (DENV) that caused an outbreak in Dhaka, Bangladesh during 2018 was analysed phylogenetically. DENV samples were classified into type 2-Cosmopolitan genotype (54%) and type 3-genotype I (46%), indicating co-circulation of two DENV types and resurgence of type 3 associated with genotype replacement. Keywords: Bangladesh, dengue virus, Dhaka, resurgence, type 3