Early Genomic Detection of Cosmopolitan Genotype of Dengue Virus Serotype 2, Angola, 2018

Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Apr;25(4):784-787. doi: 10.3201/eid2504.180958.

Abstract

We used portable genome sequencing to investigate reported dengue virus transmission in Angola. Our results show that autochthonous transmission of dengue serotype 2 (cosmopolitan genotype) occurred in January 2018.

Keywords: Angola; DENV; arboviruses; dengue; dengue virus; epidemiologic surveillance; genomic detection; mosquito-borne diseases; nanopore sequencing; vector-borne infections; viruses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Angola / epidemiology
  • Dengue / epidemiology*
  • Dengue / virology*
  • Dengue Virus / genetics*
  • Evolution, Molecular
  • Female
  • Genome, Viral
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Molecular Diagnostic Techniques
  • Serotyping