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Genetic characterization of newly reintroduced dengue virus type 3 in Martinique (French West Indies)
Christophe N Peyrefitte1, Patricia Couissinier-Paris, Véronique Mercier-Perennec
1Unité de virologie tropicale, Institut de médecine tropicale du service de santé des armées, 13998 Marseille Arméesuniversité de la Méditerranée EA 3292, IFR 48, France.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|November 8, 2003
Abstract:
Dengue type 3 viruses were isolated from patients in Martinique between 1999 and 2002. This serotype had not been detected on the island in the last 20 years. Genomic sequence determination and analysis showed great stability of the virus during the period studied.

