Origin and evolution of dengue virus type 3 in Brazil.

• Main Authors: Josélio Maria Galvão de Araújo (Author), Gonzalo Bello (Author), Hector Romero (Author), Rita Maria Ribeiro Nogueira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The incidence of dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever in Brazil experienced a significant increase since the emergence of dengue virus type-3 (DENV-3) at the early 2000s. Despite the major public health concerns, there have been very few studies of the molecular epidemiology and time-scale of t...