Affiliations 

  • 1 Virology Unit, Institute of Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur
  • 2 Bioassay Unit, Institute of Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur
  • 3 Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine; University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
Trop Biomed, 2015 Mar;32(1):187-91.
PMID: 25801270 MyJurnal

Abstract

Dengue serotype surveillance is important as any changes in serotype distribution may result in an outbreak or increase in severe dengue cases. This study aimed to determine circulating dengue serotypes in two hospitals in Selangor. Serum samples were collected from patients admitted for dengue at these two major public hospitals i.e. Hospital Sungai Buloh (HSB) and Hospital Tunku Ampuan Rahimah (HTAR) between November 2010 and August 2011 and subjected to real-time RT-PCR using SYBR® Green. All four dengue serotypes were detected in samples from both hospitals. The predominating serotype was dengue 1 in samples from both hospitals (HSB, DENV-1; 25.53 % and HTAR, DENV-1; 32.1 %).

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