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

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 (...

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Main Authors: Cardosa, Mary Jane, Mong, How Ooi, Phaik, Hooi Tio, David, Perera, Holmes, Edward C., Khatijar, Bibi, Zahara, Abd Manap
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Published: PLOS 2009
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http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15786/1/Dengue.pdf
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author Cardosa, Mary Jane
Mong, How Ooi
Phaik, Hooi Tio
David, Perera
Holmes, Edward C.
Khatijar, Bibi
Zahara, Abd Manap
author_facet Cardosa, Mary Jane
Mong, How Ooi
Phaik, Hooi Tio
David, Perera
Holmes, Edward C.
Khatijar, Bibi
Zahara, Abd Manap
author_sort Cardosa, Mary Jane
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description 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 (DHF) with thrombocytopenia (12,000/ul) and a raise hematocrit (29.5% above baseline) in January 2008 in Malaysia. Dengue virus serotype 2 was isolated from his blood on day 4 of fever. A phylogenetic analysis of the complete genome sequence revealed that this virus was a member of a sylvatic lineage of DENV-2 and most closely related to a virus isolated from a sentinel monkey in Malaysia in 1970. This is the first identification of a sylvatic DENV circulating in Asia since 1975.
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spelling unimas-157862022-01-20T01:32:30Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15786/ Dengue Virus Serotype 2 from a Sylvatic Lineage Isolated from a Patient with Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Cardosa, Mary Jane Mong, How Ooi Phaik, Hooi Tio David, Perera Holmes, Edward C. Khatijar, Bibi Zahara, Abd Manap R Medicine (General) 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 (DHF) with thrombocytopenia (12,000/ul) and a raise hematocrit (29.5% above baseline) in January 2008 in Malaysia. Dengue virus serotype 2 was isolated from his blood on day 4 of fever. A phylogenetic analysis of the complete genome sequence revealed that this virus was a member of a sylvatic lineage of DENV-2 and most closely related to a virus isolated from a sentinel monkey in Malaysia in 1970. This is the first identification of a sylvatic DENV circulating in Asia since 1975. PLOS 2009 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15786/1/Dengue.pdf Cardosa, Mary Jane and Mong, How Ooi and Phaik, Hooi Tio and David, Perera and Holmes, Edward C. and Khatijar, Bibi and Zahara, Abd Manap (2009) Dengue Virus Serotype 2 from a Sylvatic Lineage Isolated from a Patient with Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 3 (4). ISSN 1935-2727 http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0000423 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000423
spellingShingle R Medicine (General)
Cardosa, Mary Jane
Mong, How Ooi
Phaik, Hooi Tio
David, Perera
Holmes, Edward C.
Khatijar, Bibi
Zahara, Abd Manap
Dengue Virus Serotype 2 from a Sylvatic Lineage Isolated from a Patient with Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever
title Dengue Virus Serotype 2 from a Sylvatic Lineage Isolated from a Patient with Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever
title_full Dengue Virus Serotype 2 from a Sylvatic Lineage Isolated from a Patient with Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever
title_fullStr Dengue Virus Serotype 2 from a Sylvatic Lineage Isolated from a Patient with Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever
title_full_unstemmed Dengue Virus Serotype 2 from a Sylvatic Lineage Isolated from a Patient with Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever
title_short Dengue Virus Serotype 2 from a Sylvatic Lineage Isolated from a Patient with Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever
title_sort dengue virus serotype 2 from a sylvatic lineage isolated from a patient with dengue hemorrhagic fever
topic R Medicine (General)
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15786/
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http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15786/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15786/1/Dengue.pdf