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 likely. Cases may remain underreported.
Vilcarromero
Stalin
S
Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru.
Aguilar
Patricia V
PV
Halsey
Eric S
ES
Laguna-Torres
V Alberto
VA
Razuri
Hugo
H
Perez
Juan
J
Valderrama
Yadira
Y
Gotuzzo
Eduardo
E
Suarez
Luis
L
Cespedes
Manuel
M
Kochel
Tadeusz J
TJ
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D004666:Encephalitis Virus, Venezuelan Equine / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004685:Encephalomyelitis, Venezuelan Equine / Q000401:mortality* / Q000821:virology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010568:Peru / Q000453:epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA