| sustained transmission of dengue virus type 1 in the pacific due to repeated introductions of different asian strains. | outbreaks of dengue due to dengue virus type 1 (denv-1) occurred almost simultaneously in 2001 in myanmar and at multiple sites almost 10,000 km away in the pacific. phylogenetic analyses of the e protein genes of denv-1 strains recovered from asia and the pacific revealed three major viral genotypes (i, ii, and iii) with distinct clades within each. the majority of strains from the pacific and myanmar, and a number of other asian strains fell into genotype i. genotype ii comprised a smaller set ... | 2004 | 15518827 |