Emerging Infectious Diseases (Nov 2011)

New Dengue Virus Type 1 Genotype in Colombo, Sri Lanka

  • Hasitha A. Tissera,
  • Eng Eong Ooi,
  • Duane J. Gubler,
  • Ying Tan,
  • Barathy Logendra,
  • Wahala M.P.B. Wahala,
  • Aravinda M. de Silva,
  • M.R. Nihal Abeysinghe,
  • Paba Palihawadana,
  • Sunethra Gunasena,
  • Clarence C. Tam,
  • Ananda Amarasinghe,
  • G. William Letson,
  • Harold S. Margolis,
  • Aruna Dharshan De Silva

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1711.101893
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 11
pp. 2053 – 2055

Abstract

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The number of cases and severity of disease associated with dengue infection in Sri Lanka has been increasing since 1989, when the first epidemic of dengue hemorrhagic fever was recorded. We identified a new dengue virus 1 strain circulating in Sri Lanka that coincided with the 2009 dengue epidemic.

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