Full-length genome sequence of a dengue serotype 1 virus isolate from a traveler returning from Democratic Republic of Congo to Italy, July 2019

Francesca Colavita; Francesco Vairo; Fabrizio Carletti; Chiara Boccardo; Federica Ferraro; Giancarlo Iaiani; Samir Al Moghazi; Gioacchino Galardo; Eleonora Lalle; Carla Selvaggi; Paola Scognamiglio; Maria Rosaria Capobianchi; Giuseppe Ippolito; Concetta Castilletti

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2019.12.023

Full-length genome sequence of a dengue serotype 1 virus isolate from a traveler returning from Democratic Republic of Congo to Italy, July 2019

Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Mar:92:46-48. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2019.12.023. Epub 2019 Dec 19.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ National Institute for Infectious Diseases 'Lazzaro Spallanzani' IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
² National Institute for Infectious Diseases 'Lazzaro Spallanzani' IRCCS, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: francesco.vairo@inmi.it.
³ Dipartimento di Emergenza e Accettazione, Policlinico Umberto 1, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Dipartimento di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali, Policlinico Umberto 1, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 31866548
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2019.12.023

Abstract

We report the full-genome sequence of a Dengue serotype-1 virus (DENV-1) isolated from a traveler returning in July 2019 to Italy from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which is currently affected by Ebola and measles outbreaks. The sequence shows high similarity with two 2013 strains isolated in Angola and China.

Keywords: Democratic Republic of Congo; Dengue virus; Full-genome sequence; Travel-associated infection.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Angola
Chromosome Mapping
Democratic Republic of the Congo / epidemiology
Dengue / virology*
Dengue Virus / genetics*
Disease Outbreaks
Female
Genome, Viral*
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / epidemiology
Humans
Italy
Phylogeny
Serogroup
Travel*
Whole Genome Sequencing