Genetic Diversity and Dispersal of DENGUE Virus among Three Main Island Groups of the Philippines during 2015-2017.

Dengue has been one of the major public health concerns in the Philippines for more than a century. The annual dengue case burden has been increasing in recent years, exceeding 200,000 in 2015 and 2019. However, there is limited information on the molecular epidemiology of dengue in the Philippines.