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The epidemic of Dengue virus type-2 Cosmopolitan genotype on Reunion Island relates to its active circulation in the Southwestern Indian Ocean neighboring islands

Heliyon (2019) 5(4)
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01455
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Reunion Island is currently experiencing an epidemic caused by Dengue virus type-2 (DENV-2) resulting in over 6,763 cases from austral summer 2017 to winter 2018. Phylogenetic analyses on two non-imported cases of dengue infection from Reunion Island highlight a regional circulation of DENV-2 Cosmopolitan lineage 1 virus on both Reunion Island and the Seychelles.

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Pascalis, H., Turpin, J., Roche, M., Krejbich, P., Gadea, G., Nten, C. A., … Mavingui, P. (2019). The epidemic of Dengue virus type-2 Cosmopolitan genotype on Reunion Island relates to its active circulation in the Southwestern Indian Ocean neighboring islands. Heliyon, 5(4). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01455

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