%0 Journal Article
%T Simultaneous circulation of all four dengue serotypes in Manaus, State of Amazonas, Brazil in 2011
%A Bastos
%A Michele de Souza
%A Figueiredo
%A Regina Maria Pinto de
%A Ramasawmy
%A Rajendranath
%A Itapirema
%A Evaulino
%A Gimaque
%A Jo£żo Bosco Lima
%A Santos
%A Lucilaide Oliveira
%A Figueiredo
%A Luiz Tadeu Moraes
%A Mour£żo
%A Maria Paula Gomes
%J Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
%D 2012
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT
%R 10.1590/S0037-86822012000300022
%X introduction: manaus, the capital city of the state of amazon with nearly 2 million inhabitants, is located in the middle of the amazon rain forest and has suffered dengue outbreaks since 1998. methods: in this study, blood samples were investigated using reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (rt-pcr), aimed at identifying dengue virus serotypes. results: acute phase sera from 432 patients were tested for the presence of dengue virus. out of the 432 patients, 137 (31.3%) were found to be positive. all the four dengue virus serotypes were observed. conclusions: the simultaneous circulation of the four dengue serotypes is described for the first time in manaus and in brazil.
%K dengue
%K reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction
%K serotypes.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0037-86822012000300022&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en