Venezuelan equine encephalitis and upper gastrointestinal bleeding in child

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 muta...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2009-02, Vol.15 (2), p.323-325
Hauptverfasser:	Vilcarromero, Stalin, Laguna-Torres, V Alberto, Fernández, Connie, Gotuzzo, Eduardo, Suárez, Luis, Céspedes, Manuel, Aguilar, Patricia V, Kochel, Tadeusz J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals arthropod-borne virus Cercopithecus aethiops Child, Preschool Development and progression Dispatch Encephalitis Encephalitis Virus, Venezuelan Equine - classification Encephalitis Virus, Venezuelan Equine - genetics Encephalitis Virus, Venezuelan Equine - isolation & purification Encephalitis Virus, Venezuelan Equine - pathogenicity Encephalomyelitis, Venezuelan Equine - physiopathology Encephalomyelitis, Venezuelan Equine - virology Equine encephalomyelitis febrile hemorrhagic diseases Gastrointestinal bleeding Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - physiopathology Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - virology Genetic aspects Humans Male Mutation Peru Protein Precursors - genetics VEE Vero Cells Viral Envelope Proteins - genetics
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid1502.081018