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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Vilcarromero, Stalin ; Laguna-Torres, Alberto ; Fernández, Connie ; Gotuzzo, Eduardo ; Suárez, Luis ; ... More +
Vilcarromero, Stalin ; Laguna-Torres, Alberto ; Fernández, Connie ; Gotuzzo, Eduardo ; Suárez, Luis ; Céspedes, Manuel ; Aguilar, Patricia V. ; Kochel, Tadeusz J. ; Less -
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.
Subject:
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Amazon Basin
Animals
Arthropod-borne Virus
Cercopithecus Aethiops
Child, Preschool
Dispatch
Encephalitis
Encephalitis Virus, Venezuelan Equine
Encephalomyelitis, Venezuelan Equine
Febrile Hemorrhagic Diseases
Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
Humans
Male
Mutation
Peru
Protein Precursors
VEE
Vero Cells
Viral Envelope Proteins
Dispatch

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 15(2):323-325. ;
Document Type:
Journal Article ;
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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