New Dengue Virus Type 1 Genotype in Colombo, Sri Lanka

• DOI: 10.3201/eid1711.101893
• Publication Date: 2011-11-03T20:00:34Z
• Authors: Hasitha Tissera; Eng Ooi; Duane Gubler; Ying Tan; Barathy Logendra; Wahala Wahala; Aravinda de Silva; M.R. Nihal Abeysi...; Paba Palihawadana; Sunethra Gunasena; Clarence Tam; Ananda Amarasinghe; G. William Letson; Harold Margolis; Aruna De Silva
• Keywords: Sri lanka; Dengue hemorrhagic fever

Abstract The number of cases and severity disease associated with dengue infection in Sri Lanka has been increasing since 1989, when the first epidemic hemorrhagic fever was recorded. We identified a new virus 1 strain circulating that coincided 2009 epidemic.