Short report: Isolation and identification of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus from a human in Panama.
Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) virus was isolated from a febrile human in Panama. The patient became febrile approximately 10 days after returning from Gatun Lake in Panama. The virus was isolated from the acute phase serum and identified as VEE, subtype ID virus by monoclonal antibodies, and was confirmed by cross plaque-reduction neutralization tests.
D000328:Adult; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004666:Encephalitis Virus, Venezuelan Equine / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004685:Encephalomyelitis, Venezuelan Equine / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010176:Panama / Q000453:epidemiology