Autochthonous Dengue Fever, Tokyo, Japan, 2014

Satoshi Kutsuna, Yasuyuki Kato, Meng Ling Moi, Akira Kotaki, Masayuki Ota, Koh Shinohara, T. Kobayashi, Kei Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Fujiya, Momoko Mawatari,

Emerging infectious diseases · 2015 · 147 citations · 12 references

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After 70 years with no confirmed autochthonous cases of dengue fever in Japan, 19 cases were reported during August–September 2014. Dengue virus serotype 1 was detected in 18 patients. Phylogenetic analysis of the envelope protein genome sequence from 3 patients revealed 100% identity with the strain from the first patient (2014) in Japan.

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