Re-introduction of dengue virus serotype 2 in the state of Rio de Janeiro after almost a decade of epidemiological silence
M. C. Torres, F. de Bruycker Nogueira, C. A. Fernandes, G. Louzada Silva Meira, S. Ferreira de Aguiar, A. O. Chieppe, A. M. Bispo de Filippis
The paper investigates the re-introduction of DENV-2 in Rio de Janeiro, finding it originated in Puerto Rico in 2002 and re-entered Brazil in 2018, similar to the 2008 outbreak lineage.
bioRxiv · Nov 4, 2019Microbiology