Dengue Virus Serotype 2 from a Sylvatic Lineage Isolated from a Patient with Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever

• Main Authors: Cardosa, Mary Jane, Mong, How Ooi, Phaik, Hooi Tio, David, Perera, Holmes, Edward C., Khatijar, Bibi, Zahara, Abd Manap
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: PLOS 2009
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15786/1/Dengue.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15786/; http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0000423; http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000423

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 (...