Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus in Iquitos, Peru: urban transmission of a sylvatic strain.

Enzootic strains of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) have been isolated from febrile patients in the Peruvian Amazon Basin at low but consistent levels since the early 1990s. Through a clinic-based febrile surveillance program, we detected an outbreak of VEEV infections in Iquitos, Peru,...

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Principais autores: Amy C Morrison, Brett M Forshey, Desiree Notyce, Helvio Astete, Victor Lopez, Claudio Rocha, Rebecca Carrion, Cristhiam Carey, Dominique Eza, Joel M Montgomery, Tadeusz J Kochel
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
coleção:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Acesso em linha:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2593782?pdf=render