Epidemiology of Emergent Madariaga Encephalitis in a Region with Endemic Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis: Initial Host Studies and Human Cross-Sectional Study in Darien, Panama.

• Main Authors: Amy Y Vittor (Author), Blas Armien (Author), Publio Gonzalez (Author), Jean-Paul Carrera (Author), Claudia Dominguez (Author), Anayansi Valderrama (Author), Greg E Glass (Author), Davis Beltran (Author), Julio Cisneros (Author), Eryu Wang (Author), Alex Castillo (Author), Brechla Moreno (Author), Scott C Weaver (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Neurotropic arboviral infections are an important cause of encephalitis. A zoonotic, vector-borne alphavirus, Madariaga virus (MADV; formerly known as South American eastern equine encephalitis virus), caused its first documented human outbreak in 2010 in Darien, Panama, where the genetically simila...