Open AccessGenetic analysis of imported dengue virus strains by Iranian travelers
Author(s) -
Nariman Shahhosseini,
Sadegh Chinikar,
Norbert Nowotny,
Anthony R. Fooks,
Jonas SchmidtChanasit
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of tropical disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.208
H-Index - 33
ISSN - 2222-1808
DOI - 10.1016/s2222-1808(16)61144-1
Subject(s) - dengue virus , phylogenetic tree , dengue fever , genotype , virology , virus , biology , veterinary medicine , genetics , gene , medicine
Dengue virus sequences used in this study were obtained from two Iranian patients who\udwere both with a history of traveling to Malaysia. The maximum likelihood phylogenetic tree\uddemonstrated that two sequences were grouped into dengue virus 1. Specifically, strains IranDF1 and Iran-DF2 clustered in genotype I and III, respectively