title: Venezuelan equine encephalitis and 2 human deaths, Peru.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru.
authors.forename: Stalin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vilcarromero
authors.forename: Patricia V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Aguilar
authors.forename: Eric S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Halsey
authors.forename: V Alberto
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Laguna-Torres
authors.forename: Hugo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Razuri
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Perez
authors.forename: Yadira
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Valderrama
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gotuzzo
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Suarez
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cespedes
authors.forename: Tadeusz J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Kochel
mesh_terms: 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