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1: Microbiology Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2: Microbiology Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Noel Nutels Central Laboratory (LACEN), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
3: Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus and Haemorrhagic Fever Reference and Research, Hamburg, Germany.
4: Noel Nutels Central Laboratory (LACEN), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Institute of Public Health, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
5: Noel Nutels Central Laboratory (LACEN), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
6: Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Germany.
7: Microbiology Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Electronic address: davisf@micro.ufrj.br.