Volume 9, Number 7, July 2003

Emergence and Global Spread of a Dengue Serotype 3, Subtype III Virus

William B. Messer,* Duane J. Gubler,† Eva Harris,‡ Kamalanayani Sivananthan,§ and Aravinda M. de Silva*
*University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; ^†Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA; ^‡University of California, Berkeley, California, USA; and §Medical Research Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Figure 3. Map of the spread of dengue virus 3 (DENV-3), subtype III through Latin America and the Caribbean. The introduction of DENV-3, subtype III was first reported in November 1994 in Nicaragua and Panama. This virus strain has been isolated, identified, and reported in at least 16 other countries in the region. *Represents countries with dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) caused by DENV-3. These countries are Nicaragua in 1994 and 1998, Brazil and Venezuela in 2001 (Pan American Health Organization, unpub. data).

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