Isolation of complete equine encephalitis virus genome from human swab specimen, Peru

Diana Juarez; Carolina Guevara; Michael Wiley; Armando Torre; Gustavo Palacios; Eric S. Halsey; Sonia Ampuero; Mariana Leguia

Isolation of complete equine encephalitis virus genome from human swab specimen, Peru

Diana Juarez, Carolina Guevara, Michael Wiley, Armando Torre, Gustavo Palacios, Eric S. Halsey, Sonia Ampuero, Mariana Leguia

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Abstract

While studying respiratory infections in Peru, we identified Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) in a nasopharyngeal swab, indicating that this alphavirus can be present in human respiratory secretions. Because VEEV may be infectious when aerosolized, our finding is relevant for the management of VEEV-infected patients and for VEEV transmission studies.

Original language	Spanish
Pages (from-to)	1578-1580
Number of pages	3
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	24
State	Published - 1 Aug 2018

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