Dengue Virus Serotype 4, Roraima State, Brazil
Pablo Oscar Amézaga Acosta, Rodrigo Melo Maito, Fabiana Granja, Joel da Silva Cordeiro, Thalita Siqueira, Mayara Nunes Cardoso, André de Lima Corado, Raphaela Honorato Barletta-Naveca, and Felipe Gomes Naveca
Author affiliations: Author affiliations: Universidade Federal de Roraima, Boa Vista, Brazil (P.A. Amézaga Acosta, F. Granja, J. da Silva Cordeiro, T. Siqueira, M. Nunes Cardoso, A. de Lima Corado); Laboratório Central de Roraima, Boa Vista (R. Melo Maito); Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil (R.H. Barletta-Naveca); Instituto Leônidas e Maria Deane, Fiocruz, Brazil (F. Gomes Naveca)
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Figure. Phylogenetic tree demonstrating the 2 clusters of dengue virus serotype 4 correctly associated with corresponding genotypes: genotype II, American strains, including strains isolated in Roraima in 2010; and genotype I, 2 Asian strains. Boldface indicates strains isolated in Roraima. Scale bar indicates 1% nucleotide sequence divergence.
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