“…To date, DENV‐1 has circulated continuously in multiple regions and caused DF epidemics frequently affecting Guangdong province since early 1990s 50,57,75,96,97,107,124,125 and became the major serotype responsible for the outbreaks in Guangdong from 2000 126,127 ; DENV‐1 has caused four large‐scale outbreaks in Guangdong in 1980, 1986, 2006 and 2014 (Table 2). 57,95,128,129 In addition, DENV‐1 was also responsible for the outbreaks in Fujian in 2004–2015, 68,99 Yunnan in 2013 and 2017, 59,130,131 and Zhejiang in 2004, 2015, 2017 and 2018 66,103,104,132 . After the first epidemic in Hainan province in 1985, DENV‐2 has spread to several cities of Hainan province and Guangzhou city of Guangdong province 15 .…”