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Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus Infection in Nonhuman Primate, Guatemala, 2023

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: We isolated Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) subtype IE phylogenetically related to Gulf Coast strains in a spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) released from a rescue center in Guatemala. Serologic testing of 118 monkeys indicated no additional VEEV infections. Infection of a primate warrants intensified surveillance of VEEV transmission cycles in North America.

Source: Emerging infectious diseases

DOI: 10.3201/eid3102.241484

Authors: Wendy K. Jo, Marta Piche-Ovares, Lincoln Carranza, Carlo Fischer, Sebastian Brünink, Laura Paul, Alejandro Morales, Fernando Martinez, Jan Felix Drexler

Language: English

Topic: Mosquito-borne diseases and control

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: European Commission, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Bundesamt für Naturschutz, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, FP7 International Cooperation

Awards: G4076663691, Zoonoses Emergence across Degraded and Restored Forest Ecosystems

OpenAlex ID: W4406501778

FWCI: 2.479

Cites: 10

Cited by: 3

Related to: 10