Molecular Epidemiology of Western Equine Encephalitis Virus, South America, 2023–2024

Molecular Epidemiology of Western Equine Encephalitis Virus, South America, 2023–2024

Western equine encephalitis virus (WEEV) is a mosquitoborne virus that reemerged in December 2023 in Argentina and Uruguay, causing a major outbreak. We investigated the outbreak using epidemiologic, entomological, and genomic analyses, focusing on WEEV circulation near the Argentina‒Uruguay border...

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Main Authors: Aline Scarpellini Campos, Ana Claúdia Franco, Fernanda M. Godinho, Rosana Huff, Darlan S. Candido, Jader da Cruz Cardoso, Xinyi Hua, Ingra M. Claro, Paola Morais, Carolina Franceschina, Thales de Lima Bermann, Franciellen Machado dos Santos, Milena Bauermann, Tainá Machado Selayaran, Amanda Pellenz Ruivo, Cristiane Santin, Juciane Bonella, Carla Rodenbusch, José Carlos Ferreira, Scott C. Weaver, Vilar Ricardo Gewehr, Gabriel Luz Wallau, William M. de Souza, Richard Steiner Salvato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2024-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Western equine encephalitis virus
viruses
mosquito-borne alphavirus
central nervous system infection
alphavirus
arbovirus
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/30/9/24-0530_article

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