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Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis, Peruvian Amazon, 2020

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: We screened 1,972 febrile patients from the Peruvian Amazon in 2020-2021 for Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV). Neutralizing antibody detection rate was 3.9%; 2 patients were PCR positive. Genome identity compared to Peru VEEV subtype ID strains was 97.6%-98.1%. Evidence for purifying selection and ancestry ≈54 years ago corroborated VEEV endemicity.

Source: Emerging infectious diseases

DOI: 10.3201/eid3105.241694

Authors: Marta Piche-Ovares, Maria Paquita García Mendoza, Andres Moreira-Soto, Carlo Fischer, Sebastian Brünink, Maribel Dana Figueroa-Romero, Nancy Susy Merino-Sarmiento, Adolfo Ismael Marcelo-Ñique, Edward Málaga-Trillo, Miladi Gatty-Nogueira, César Augusto Cabezas Sanchez, Jan Felix Drexler

Institutions: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Universidad Nacional, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

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

OpenAlex ID: W4409765150

FWCI: 0.849

Cites: 15

Cited by: 1

Related to: 10