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

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

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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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