Molecular epidemiology of dengue in the Pacific: introduction of two distinct strains of dengue virus type-1 into Hawaii
Authors: Imrie, A.1; Zhao, Z.1; Bennett, S.N.1; Kitsutani, P.2; Laille, M.3; Effler, P.2
Source: Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Volume 100, Number 4, June 2006 , pp. 327-336(10)
Publisher: Maney Publishing
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Abstract:
In 2000, a major dengue epidemic, caused by the type-1 virus (DENV-1), began in the Pacific and Asia, with cases still being reported in 2006. The phylogenetic analysis of full-length sequences of the envelope-protein gene of DENV-1 isolates recovered during outbreaks in Hawaii and Tahiti in 2001-2002 indicated that most Hawaiian isolates were Tahitian in origin. All the Hawaiian and Tahitian isolates were identified as the Pacific subtype (i.e. subtype IV) of DENV-1. A Hawaiian isolate, collected from a resident who had travelled to Samoa, differed significantly at the nucleotide level, however, from all the other Hawaiian strains, clustering, in the phylogenetic analysis, with a virus previously isolated from another visitor to Samoa. These results not only indicate that two distinct strains of DENV-1 were introduced into Hawaii in 2001 but also illustrate the ease with which dengue can be carried across distances of many thousands of miles.Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1179/136485906X105589
Affiliations: 1: University of Hawaii at Manoa, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Biomedical Science Building Room D-204, 1960 East West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, U.S.A. 2: Hawaii State Department of Health, Disease and Outbreak Control Division, 1132 Bishop Street #1900, Honolulu, HI 96813, U.S.A. 3: Institut Louis Malarde, B. P. 30, 98713, Papeete, Tahiti
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