MicrobiologybioRxiv
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…·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.
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0225879