Unusual dengue virus 3 epidemic in Nicaragua, 2009.

• Published in: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Gamaliel Gutierrez, Katherine Standish, Federico Narvaez, Maria Angeles Perez, Saira Saborio, Douglas Elizondo, Oscar Ortega, Andrea Nuñez, Guillermina Kuan, Angel Balmaseda, Eva Harris
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Meier
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001394; https://doaj.org/article/147e88be498a496ea56b95705aadc5e7

The four dengue virus serotypes (DENV1-4) cause the most prevalent mosquito-borne viral disease affecting humans worldwide. In 2009, Nicaragua experienced the largest dengue epidemic in over a decade, marked by unusual clinical presentation, as observed in two prospective studies of pediatric dengue...