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

• Main Authors: Amy C Morrison (Author), Brett M Forshey (Author), Desiree Notyce (Author), Helvio Astete (Author), Victor Lopez (Author), Claudio Rocha (Author), Rebecca Carrion (Author), Cristhiam Carey (Author), Dominique Eza (Author), Joel M Montgomery (Author), Tadeusz J Kochel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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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,...