Emergence of Dengue Virus Serotype 2 Cosmopolitan Genotype, Brazil

Giovanetti M.; Pereira L.A.; Santiago G.A.; Fonseca V.; Paquita M.; Mendoza G.; de Oliveira C.; de Moraes L.; Xavier J.; Tosta S.; Fristch H.; de Castro Barbosa E.; Rodrigues E.S.; Figueroa-Romero D.; Padilla-Rojas C.; Cáceres-Rey O.; Mendonça A.F.; de Bruycker Nogueira F.; da Cunha R.V.; de Filippis A.M.B.; Freitas C.; Leonel Peterka C.R.; Frederico C.; de Albuquerque C.; Franco L.; Méndez Rico J.A.; Muñoz-Jordán J.L.; da Silva V.L.; Junior Alcantara L.C. · Emerging Infectious Diseases (2022) · DOI: 10.3201/eid2808.220550

Resumen

We used nanopore sequencing and phylogenetic analyses to identify a cosmopolitan genotype of dengue virus serotype 2 that was isolated from a 56-year-old male patient from the state of Goiás in Brazil. The emergence of a cosmopolitan genotype in Brazil will require risk assessment and surveillance to reduce epidemic potential.