Isolation of Complete Equine Encephalitis Virus Genome from Human Swab Specimen, Peru

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 manageme...

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Autores principales: Juarez, Diana, Guevara, Carolina, Wiley, Michael, Torre, Armando, Palacios, Gustavo, Halsey, Eric S., Ampuero, Sonia, Leguia, Mariana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6056129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30016240
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2408.171274
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Sumario: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.

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