Venezuelan equine encephalitis and 2 human deaths, Peru

Stalin Vilcarromero; Patricia V. Aguilar; Eric S. Halsey; V. Alberto Laguna-Torres; Hugo Razuri; Juan Perez; Yadira Valderrama; Eduardo Gotuzzo; Luis Suárez; Manuel Céspedes; Tadeusz J. Kochel

doi:10.3201/eid1603.090970

Venezuelan equine encephalitis and 2 human deaths, Peru

Stalin Vilcarromero
, Patricia V. Aguilar
, Eric S. Halsey
, V. Alberto Laguna-Torres
, Hugo Razuri
, Juan Perez
, Yadira Valderrama
, Eduardo Gotuzzo
, Luis Suárez
, Manuel Céspedes
, Tadeusz J. Kochel

U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6 (NAMRU-6)
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Hospital de Apoyo Yurimaguas
Dirección General de Epidemiología
Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	553-556
Number of pages	4
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	16
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1603.090970
State	Published - Mar 2010
Externally published	Yes

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