Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis and Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Child

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 muta...

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Main Authors: Stalin Vilcarromero, Alberto Laguna-Torres, Connie Fernández, Eduardo Gotuzzo, Luis Suárez, Manuel Céspedes, Patricia V. Aguilar, Tadeusz J. Kochel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-02-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
VEE
arthropod-borne virus
febrile hemorrhagic diseases
encephalitis
gastrointestinal bleeding
Peru
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/2/08-1018_article

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