Detection of dengue virus type 4 in Easter Island, Chile

Arch Virol. 2011 Oct;156(10):1865-8. doi: 10.1007/s00705-011-1049-1. Epub 2011 Jun 21.

Abstract

We report the detection of dengue virus type 4 (DENV-4) for the first time in Easter Island, Chile. The virus was detected in serum samples of two patients treated at the Hospital in Easter Island. The two samples were IgM positive, and the infection was confirmed by RT-PCR and genetic sequencing; viral isolation was possible with one of them. The Easter Island isolates were most closely related to genotype II of dengue type 4.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Viral / immunology
  • Chile
  • Dengue / immunology
  • Dengue / virology*
  • Dengue Virus / classification
  • Dengue Virus / genetics
  • Dengue Virus / immunology
  • Dengue Virus / isolation & purification*
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin M / immunology
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Immunoglobulin M