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Molecular characterization of dengue virus 1 from autochthonous dengue fever cases in Croatia

2012; Elsevier BV; Volume: 19; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/1469-0691.12104

1469-0691

Ivan-Christian Kurolt, Ljiljana Betica–Radić, Oktavija Đaković-Rode, Leticia Franco, Hana Zelená, Antônio Tenório, Alemka Markotić,

Zoonotic diseases and public health

In the summer of 2010, two autochthonous dengue fever cases were detected in Croatia. Here we report the retrospective detection of an additional case of dengue fever, representing the first sustained autochthonous transmission in Europe since 1928. In addition, we present the phylogenetic analyses based on two sequences from the Pelješac peninsula, southern Croatia. The sequences were identified as dengue virus genotype 1 and recovered from two out of the three Pelješac patients in whom infection occurred.