Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis and 2 Human Deaths, Peru

Vilcarromero, Stalin; Aguilar, Patricia V.; Halsey, Eric S.; Laguna-Torres, Alberto; Razuri, Hugo; Perez, Juan; Valderrama, Yadira; Gotuzzo, Eduardo; Suárez, Luis; Céspedes, Manuel; Kochel, Tadeusz J.

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Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis and 2 Human Deaths, Peru

Published Date:

Mar 2010

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Emerg Infect Dis. 16(3):553-556.

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Vilcarromero, Stalin ; Aguilar, Patricia V. ; Halsey, Eric S. ; Laguna-Torres, Alberto ; Razuri, Hugo ; ... More ▼

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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 likely. Cases may remain underreported.

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