Venezuelan equine encephalitis and 2 human deaths, Peru

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 likel...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2010-03, Vol.16 (3), p.553-556
Hauptverfasser:	Vilcarromero, Stalin, Aguilar, Patricia V, Halsey, Eric S, Laguna-Torres, V Alberto, Razuri, Hugo, Perez, Juan, Valderrama, Yadira, Gotuzzo, Eduardo, Suarez, Luis, Cespedes, Manuel, Kochel, Tadeusz J
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute Disease Adult Amazon Basin Animals Child Development and progression Dispatch Encephalitis Encephalitis Virus, Venezuelan Equine - classification Encephalitis Virus, Venezuelan Equine - genetics Encephalitis Virus, Venezuelan Equine - isolation & purification Encephalomyelitis, Venezuelan Equine - mortality Encephalomyelitis, Venezuelan Equine - virology Equine encephalomyelitis Fatal Outcome Female Genetic aspects Humans Male neurological disease Panama/Peru genotype Peru - epidemiology Phylogeny Sequence Analysis, DNA VEE Venezuelan equine encephalitis
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid1603.090970