Letter to the Editor : Sylvatic Dengue Viruses Share the Pathogenic Potential of Urban/Endemic Dengue Viruses

• Main Authors: Vasilakis, Nikos, Cardosa, Mary Jane, Sall, Amadou A., Diallo, Mawlouth, Holmes, Edward C., Hanley, Kathryn A., Weaver, Scott C.
• Format: E-Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2010
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QR355 Virology; R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6976/1/Sylvatic%20Dengue%20Viruses%20Share%20the%20Pathogenic%20Potential%20of%20Urban%20Endemic%20Dengue%20Viruses%20%28abstract%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6976/; http://jvi.asm.org/content/84/7/3726.full.pdf+html

Dengue virus (DENV) exists in both sylvatic and urban/endemic ecotypes (15), and the potential for emergence of sylvatic strains has become a focus of research. Recently Mota and Rico-Hesse (10) attempted to evaluate the pathogenic potential of viruses belonging to different genetic subgroups of DEN...