Emerging Infectious Diseases (Aug 2022)

Emergence of Dengue Virus Serotype 2 Cosmopolitan Genotype, Brazil

  • Marta Giovanetti,
  • Luiz Augusto Pereira,
  • Gilberto A. Santiago,
  • Vagner Fonseca,
  • Maria Paquita García Mendoza,
  • Carla de Oliveira,
  • Laise de Moraes,
  • Joilson Xavier,
  • Stephane Tosta,
  • Hegger Fristch,
  • Emerson de Castro Barbosa,
  • Evandra Strazza Rodrigues,
  • Dana Figueroa-Romero,
  • Carlos Padilla-Rojas,
  • Omar Cáceres-Rey,
  • Ana Flávia Mendonça,
  • Fernanda de Bruycker Nogueira,
  • Rivaldo Venancio da Cunha,
  • Ana Maria Bispo de Filippis,
  • Carla Freitas,
  • Cassio Roberto Leonel Peterka,
  • Carlos Frederico Campelo de Albuquerque,
  • Leticia Franco,
  • Jairo Andrés Méndez Rico,
  • Jorge L. Muñoz-Jordán,
  • Vinícius Lemes da Silva,
  • Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2808.220550
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28, no. 8
pp. 1725 – 1727

Abstract

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We used nanopore sequencing and phylogenetic analyses to identify a cosmopolitan genotype of dengue virus serotype 2 that was isolated from a 56-year-old male patient from the state of Goiás in Brazil. The emergence of a cosmopolitan genotype in Brazil will require risk assessment and surveillance to reduce epidemic potential.

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