Complete Genome Sequences of Dengue Virus Type 2 Epidemic Strains from Reunion Island and the Seychelles

Hervé Pascalis; Leon Biscornet; Céline Toty; Sarah Hafsia; Marjolaine Roche; Philippe Desprès; Célestine Atyame Nten; Jastin Bibi; Meggy Louange; Jude Gedeon; Patrick Mavingui

doi:10.1128/MRA.01443-19

Complete Genome Sequences of Dengue Virus Type 2 Epidemic Strains from Reunion Island and the Seychelles

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Jan 23;9(4):e01443-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01443-19.

Authors

Hervé Pascalis¹, Leon Biscornet^{1

2}, Céline Toty¹, Sarah Hafsia¹, Marjolaine Roche¹, Philippe Desprès¹, Célestine Atyame Nten¹, Jastin Bibi³, Meggy Louange^{2

3}, Jude Gedeon^{2

3}, Patrick Mavingui⁴

Affiliations

¹ UMR Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical, Université de La Réunion, CNRS 9192, INSERM U1187, IRD 249, Plateforme de Recherche CYROI, Sainte Clotilde La Réunion, France.
² Infectious Disease Surveillance Unit, Seychelles Public Health Laboratory, Public Health Authority, Ministry of Health, Victoria, Seychelles.
³ Disease Surveillance and Response Unit, Epidemiology and Statistics Section, Public Health Authority, Ministry of Health, Victoria, Seychelles.
⁴ UMR Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical, Université de La Réunion, CNRS 9192, INSERM U1187, IRD 249, Plateforme de Recherche CYROI, Sainte Clotilde La Réunion, France patrick.mavingui@cnrs.fr.

Abstract

Dengue virus has recently reemerged in the southern Indian Ocean islands, causing outbreaks in Reunion Island and the Seychelles. In the present study, we determined the complete genome sequences of closely related clinical isolates of dengue virus type 2 circulating in the Seychelles in 2016 and Reunion Island in 2018.