Isolation of Complete Equine Encephalitis Virus Genome from Human Swab Specimen, Peru

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Juarez, Diana ; Guevara, Carolina ; Wiley, Michael ; Torre, Armando ; Palacios, Gustavo ; Halsey, Eric S. ; Ampuero, Sonia ; Leguia, Mariana
• Description:
  While studying respiratory infections in Peru, we identified Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) in a nasopharyngeal swab, indicating that this alphavirus can be present in human respiratory secretions. Because VEEV may be infectious when aerosolized, our finding is relevant for the management of VEEV-infected patients and for VEEV transmission studies.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Animals Antibodies, Viral Cercopithecus Aethiops Dogs Encephalitis Virus, Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis, Venezuelan Equine Genome, Viral Horses Humans Madin Darby Canine Kidney Cells Male Nasopharynx Vero Cells Whole Genome Sequencing

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 24(8):1578-1580
• Pubmed ID:
  30016240
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6056129
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Letter
• Place as Subject:
  Peru
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:485305f7b01498dbbc78273b280ce81faeb835edf93032e7f0041a97ea610c0e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/57947/cdc_57947_DS1.pdf
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