Dengue Virus Type 1 Infection in Traveler Returning from Benin to France, 2019
| Title: | Dengue Virus Type 1 Infection in Traveler Returning from Benin to France, 2019 |
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| Authors: | Toscane Fourié, Léa Luciani, Sophie Amrane, Christine Zandotti, Isabelle Leparc-Goffart, Laetitia Ninove, Antoine Nougairède |
| Source: | Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 26, Iss 8, Pp 1946-1949 (2020) |
| Publisher Information: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020. |
| Publication Year: | 2020 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Infectious and parasitic diseases |
| Subject Terms: | dengue virus, viruses, infection, Benin, France, West Africa, Medicine, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216 |
| More Details: | We investigated a case of dengue virus type 1 infection acquired in Benin. Phylogenetic analysis revealed the strain belongs to genotype V but clusters with Asian, rather than with known African, strains. Our finding suggests the introduction of Asian dengue virus in West Africa. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1080-6040 1080-6059 |
| Relation: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/8/20-0055_article; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6040; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6059 |
| DOI: | 10.3201/eid2608.200055 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/d73397a17db64e58b92e2bedc0a1bede |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.73397a17db64e58b92e2bedc0a1bede |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 10806040 10806059 |
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| DOI: | 10.3201/eid2608.200055 |
| Published in: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
| Language: | English |