Dengue virus serotype 2 from a sylvatic lineage isolated from a patient with dengue hemorrhagic fever.

• Main Authors: Jane Cardosa (Author), Mong How Ooi (Author), Phaik Hooi Tio (Author), David Perera (Author), Edward C Holmes (Author), Khatijar Bibi (Author), Zahara Abdul Manap (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Dengue viruses circulate in both human and sylvatic cycles. Although dengue viruses (DENV) infecting humans can cause major epidemics and severe disease, relatively little is known about the epidemiology and etiology of sylvatic dengue viruses. A 20-year-old male developed dengue hemorrhagic fever (...