Characterization and phylogenetic relationships of strains of Dengue type 1 virus from Costa Rica

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Main Author: César Alonso Cerdas-Quesada
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Universidad de Costa Rica 2007
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contents Characterization and phylogenetic relationships of strains of Dengue type 1 virus from Costa Rica César Alonso Cerdas-Quesada Axel P. Retana-Salazar Biología envelope phylogeny Flavivirus Costa Rica Dengue virus Phylogenetic analysis of the envelope gene sequence (E) of three isolated Dengue virus type 1 (DEN-1) sequences from the Costa Rican 1993 epidemic was performed. All the strains fell into genotype V. GenotypeV has grouped all the strains isolated from America, three strains from Africa and two strains from Asia. CostaRican strains are closely related to the strain from Angola and to the Brazil 1990 strain. Costa Rican strains areable to cause DHF but with low clinical disease severity and low incidence maybe because of low virulence.Rev. Biol. Trop. 55 (2): 365-372. Epub 2007 Jun 29. 2007 artículo científico 0034-7744 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=44955202 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=449 Revista de Biología Tropical application/pdf Universidad de Costa Rica Revista de Biología Tropical (Costa Rica) Num.2 Vol.55
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spellingShingle Characterization and phylogenetic relationships of strains of Dengue type 1 virus from Costa Rica
César Alonso Cerdas-Quesada
Biología
envelope
phylogeny
Flavivirus
Costa Rica
Dengue virus
Characterization and phylogenetic relationships of strains of Dengue type 1 virus from Costa Rica César Alonso Cerdas-Quesada Axel P. Retana-Salazar Biología envelope phylogeny Flavivirus Costa Rica Dengue virus Phylogenetic analysis of the envelope gene sequence (E) of three isolated Dengue virus type 1 (DEN-1) sequences from the Costa Rican 1993 epidemic was performed. All the strains fell into genotype V. GenotypeV has grouped all the strains isolated from America, three strains from Africa and two strains from Asia. CostaRican strains are closely related to the strain from Angola and to the Brazil 1990 strain. Costa Rican strains areable to cause DHF but with low clinical disease severity and low incidence maybe because of low virulence.Rev. Biol. Trop. 55 (2): 365-372. Epub 2007 Jun 29. 2007 artículo científico 0034-7744 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=44955202 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=449 Revista de Biología Tropical application/pdf Universidad de Costa Rica Revista de Biología Tropical (Costa Rica) Num.2 Vol.55
title Characterization and phylogenetic relationships of strains of Dengue type 1 virus from Costa Rica
topic Biología
envelope
phylogeny
Flavivirus
Costa Rica
Dengue virus
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