Abstract
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 mutations within the PE2 region.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Child, Preschool
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Chlorocebus aethiops
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Encephalitis Virus, Venezuelan Equine / classification
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Encephalitis Virus, Venezuelan Equine / genetics*
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Encephalitis Virus, Venezuelan Equine / isolation & purification
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Encephalitis Virus, Venezuelan Equine / pathogenicity*
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Encephalomyelitis, Venezuelan Equine / physiopathology*
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Encephalomyelitis, Venezuelan Equine / virology
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Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / physiopathology
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Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / virology*
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Humans
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Male
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Mutation
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Peru
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Protein Precursors / genetics
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Vero Cells
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Viral Envelope Proteins / genetics
Substances
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Protein Precursors
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Viral Envelope Proteins