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 mutations within the PE2 region.
Vilcarromero
Stalin
S
Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru.
Laguna-Torres
V Alberto
VA
Fernández
Connie
C
Gotuzzo
Eduardo
E
Suárez
Luis
L
Céspedes
Manuel
M
Aguilar
Patricia V
PV
Kochel
Tadeusz J
TJ
D000818:Animals; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D004666:Encephalitis Virus, Venezuelan Equine / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D004685:Encephalomyelitis, Venezuelan Equine / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000821:virology; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009154:Mutation; D010568:Peru; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics; D014709:Vero Cells; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000235:genetics
D011498:Protein Precursors; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins