Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5670874 | Acta Tropica | 2017 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
An outbreak of dengue fever was reported in Malakand district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province of Pakistan during 2015. Detection of viral RNA by real-time PCR confirmed dengue virus serotype-3 (DENV-3) to be the causative agent causing the outbreak. Phylogenetic analysis based on partial E-NS1 gene sequences showed that the DENV-3 viruses belonged to genotype III with maximum homology with the dengue-3 strains previously reported from Pakistan and India. Our current report provides updated information on molecular epidemiology and phylogenetic analysis of dengue virus serotypes responsible for 2015 outbreak in KP.
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Authors
Muhammad Suleman, Rani Faryal, Muhammad Masroor Alam, Adnan Khurshid, Salmaan Sharif, Shahzad Shaukat, Mehar Angez, Massab Umair, Mian Muhammad Sufian, Yasir Arshad, Tanveer Inam, Syed Sohail Zahoor Zaidi,