Open Access<p>First Full-Length Genome Sequence of Dengue Virus Serotype 2 Circulating in Vietnam in 2017</p>
Author(s) -
Thuy Thi Dang,
My Ha Pham,
Huy Vu Bui,
Duyet Van Le
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
infection and drug resistance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.033
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1178-6973
DOI - 10.2147/idr.s275645
Subject(s) - virology , serotype , dengue virus , dengue fever , whole genome sequencing , biology , genome , genetics , gene
Dengue hemorrhagic fever is caused by four serotypes of dengue viruses transmitted by mosquitoes. In Vietnam, dengue outbreaks occur every year, and all four serotypes have been found circulating with the dominant one varying over time. However, in 2017 an unusual dengue fever outbreak occurred in the North of Vietnam, predominantly caused by DENV1 (92%) and DENV2 (7.3%). The objective of the present study was to obtain and characterize the full-length genome sequence of seven DENV2 strains in 2017 epidemic.