Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis and Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Child

Vilcarromero, Stalin; Laguna-Torres, Alberto; Fernández, Connie; Gotuzzo, Eduardo; Suárez, Luis; Céspedes, Manuel; Aguilar, Patricia V.; Kochel, Tadeusz J.

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Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis and Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Child

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Feb 2009
By Vilcarromero, Stalin ; Laguna-Torres, Alberto ; Fernández, Connie

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Vilcarromero, Stalin ; Laguna-Torres, Alberto ; Fernández, Connie ; Gotuzzo, Eduardo ; Suárez, Luis ; Céspedes, Manuel ; Aguilar, Patricia V. ; Kochel, Tadeusz J.
Description:

Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) is reemerging in Peru. VEE virus subtype ID in Peru has not been previously associated with severe disease manifestations. In 2006, VEE virus subtype ID was isolated from a boy with severe febrile disease and gastrointestinal bleeding; the strain contained 2 mutations within the PE2 region.
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Emerg Infect Dis. 15(2):323-325.
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Journal Article
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15
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2
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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