Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis and 2 Human Deaths, Peru

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  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.
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Acute Disease Adult Animals Child Encephalitis Virus, Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis, Venezuelan Equine Fatal Outcome Female Humans Male Phylogeny Sequence Analysis, DNA

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 16(3):553-556.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Peru
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:9166f5b992b03f707e037d9219708be2c7ff8b4397282cc239e9106f268f4b6a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18009/cdc_18009_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 161.26 KB ]