Reemergence of dengue virus type 4, French Antilles and French Guiana, 2004-2005.

Philippe Dussart (1) , Anne Lavergne (1) , Gisèle Lagathu (2) , Vincent Lacoste (1) , Jenny Martial (2) , Jacques Morvan (1) , Raymond Cesaire (2)

1 Institut Pasteur de la Guyane
2 Laboratoire de Virologie-Immunologie

After 10 years of absence, dengue virus type 4 (DENV-4) has recently reemerged in Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana. Phylogenetic analyses of strains isolated from 2004 to 2005 showed that they belong to DENV-4 genotype II, but to a different cluster than strains isolated from 1993 to 1995.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Virology

Philippe Dussart, Anne Lavergne, Gisèle Lagathu, Vincent Lacoste, Jenny Martial, et al.. Reemergence of dengue virus type 4, French Antilles and French Guiana, 2004-2005.. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006, 12 (11), pp.1748-51. ⟨pasteur-00584123⟩