Emergence of new lineage of Dengue virus 3 (genotype III) in Lucknow, India.

Background And Objectives: Dengue has re-emerged as an important arboviral disease causing significant morbidity. It has become hyperendemic in the Indian subcontinent with all four known dengue serotypes circulating.

Materials And Methods: Multiple sequence alignments and phylogenetic trees of DENV-3 were constructed to determine the extent of the isolated dengue virus genetic heterogeneity and phylogeny.