Emergence of Dengue Virus Serotype 2 Cosmopolitan Genotype, Brazil

• DOI: 10.3201/eid2808.220550
• Publication Date: 2022-07-21T15:23:25Z
• Authors: Marta Giovanetti; Luiz Augusto Pereira; Gilberto A. Santiago; Vagner Fonseca; Maria Paquita Gar...; Carla de Oliveira; Laise de Moraes; Joilson Xavier; Stephane Tosta; Hegger Fristch; Emerson de Castro...; Evandra Strazza R...; Dana Figueroa-Romero; Carlos Padilla-Rojas; Omar Cáceres-Rey; Ana Flávia Mendonça; Fernanda de Bruyc...; Rivaldo Venancio ...; Ana Maria Bispo d...; Carla Freitas; Cassio Roberto Le...; Carlos Frederico ...; Leticia Franco; Jairo Andrés Ménd...; Jorge L. Muñoz-Jo...; Vinícius Lemes da...; Luiz Carlos Junio...
• Keywords: Male; 0301 basic medicine; dengue virus; Genotype; vector-borne infections; R; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Dengue Virus; Middle Aged; Serogroup; dengue; zoonoses; 3. Good health; Dengue; 03 medical and health sciences; cosmopolitan genotype; Research Letter; Medicine; Humans; viruses; Brazil; Phylogeny

We used nanopore sequencing and phylogenetic analyses to identify a cosmopolitan genotype of dengue virus serotype 2 that was isolated from 56-year-old male patient the state Goiás in Brazil. The emergence Brazil will require risk assessment surveillance reduce epidemic potential.