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Autochthonous Dengue Fever,Tokyo, Japan, 2014 |
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| Authors: | Satoshi Kutsuna Yasuyuki Kato Meng Ling Moi Akira Kotaki Masayuki Ota Koh Shinohara Tetsuro Kobayashi Kei Yamamoto Yoshihiro Fujiya Momoko Mawatari Tastuya Sato Junwa Kunimatsu Nozomi Takeshita Kayoko Hayakawa Shuzo Kanagawa Tomohiko Takasaki Norio Ohmagari |
| Affiliation: | National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (S. Kutsuna, Y. Kato, M. Ota, K. Shinohara, T. Kobayashi, K. Yamamoto, Y. Fujiya, M. Mawatari, T. Sato, J. Kunimatsu, N. Takeshita, K. Hayakawa, S. Kanagawa, N. Ohmagari);National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo (M.L. Moi, A. Kotaki, T. Takasaki) |
| Abstract: | After 70 years with no confirmed autochthonous cases of dengue fever in Japan, 19 cases were reported during August–September 2014. Dengue virus serotype 1 was detected in 18 patients. Phylogenetic analysis of the envelope protein genome sequence from 3 patients revealed 100% identity with the strain from the first patient (2014) in Japan. |
| Keywords: | Dengue fever Aedes albopictus Tokyo Japan parasites viruses mosquitoes |