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 | | Flaviviruses include a major importance group of arboviruses, which is responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality and may cause severe encephalitic disease, hemorrhagic fevers, hepatitis, and febrile illness in humans (Scaramozzino et al. |
 | | Eleven flaviviruses are known to occur in Brazil: Bussuquara, Cacipacore, Dengue types 1, 2, 3 and 4, Iguape, Ilheus, Rocio, Saint Louis encephalitis (SLE) and yellow fever. |
 | | Cacipacore virus was isolated from a bird in the Amazon region, and Iguape virus was isolated from a sentinel mouse in Southern Brazil; however, they have not been described as causative of human disease (Figueiredo 2000). |
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