During the 2017 outbreak of severe dengue in Sri Lanka, dengue virus (DENV) serotypes 2, 3, and 4 were found to be co-circulating. Our previous study of 295 patients from the National Hospital Kandy in Sri Lanka between March 2017 and January 2018 determined that the dominant infecting serotype was DENV-2. In this study, we aimed to characterize the DENV-3 strains from non-severe and severe dengue patients from our previous study population. Patients' clinical records and previous laboratory tests, including dengue-specific nonstructural protein 1 antigen rapid test and IgM-capture and IgG enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, were analyzed together with the present results of real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and next-generation sequencing of DENV-3. Complete genome analysis determined that DENV-3 isolates belonged to 2 different clades of genotype I and were genetically close to strains from Indonesia, China, Singapore, Malaysia, and Australia. There were 16 amino acid changes among DENV-3 isolates, and a greater number of changes were found in nonstructural proteins than in structural proteins. The emergence of DENV-3 genotype I was noted for the first time in Sri Lanka. Continuous monitoring of this newly emerged genotype and other DENV serotypes and genotypes is needed to determine their effects on future outbreaks and understand the molecular epidemiology of dengue.

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