Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis and 2 Human Deaths, Peru

Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis and 2 Human Deaths, Peru

Studies have suggested that enzootic strains of Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) subtype ID in the Amazon region, Peru, may be less pathogenic to humans than are epizootic variants. Deaths of 2 persons with evidence of acute VEE virus infection indicate that fatal VEEV infection in Peru is likel...

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Main Authors: Stalin Vilcarromero, Patricia V. Aguilar, Eric S. Halsey, Alberto Laguna-Torres, Hugo Razuri, Juan Perez, Yadira Valderrama, Eduardo Gotuzzo, Luis Suárez, Manuel Céspedes, Tadeusz J. Kochel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Venezuelan equine encephalitis
VEE
encephalitis
neurological disease
Panama/Peru genotype
Amazon Basin
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/3/09-0970_article

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