Molecular study of 2019 dengue fever outbreaks in Nepal.

Pranita PoudyalKesari SharmaShyam Prakash DumreAnup BastolaBimal Sharma ChaliseBikesh ShresthaAnubhav PoudelAnita GiriParamanda BhandariYogendra ShahRam Chandra PoudelDeegendra KhadkaJyoti MaharjanMya Myat Ngwe TunKouchi MoritaBasu Dev PandeyKishor Pandey

Published in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2021)

Our findings suggest that DENV-2 was the major serotype causing the 2019 massive outbreak in Nepal. This information will help in disease control programs to understand the molecular epidemiology and its changing trend.

Keyphrases

dengue virus
zika virus
tertiary care
aedes aegypti
public health
healthcare
health information
klebsiella pneumoniae