Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis, Peruvian Amazon, 2020
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.
Authors
- Jan Felix Drexler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3509-0232)
- María Mendoza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2185-5038)
- Sebastian Brünink
- Edward Málaga‐Trillo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6230-0832)
- Marta Piche-Ovares (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4809-0095)
- Clemente Cobos Sánchez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0299-5358)
- Andrés Moreira‐Soto
- Nancy Merino-Sarmiento (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4935-063X)
- Carlo Fischer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9163-2406)
- Adolfo Ismael Marcelo-Ñique
- Maribel Dana Figueroa-Romero
- Miladi Gatty-Nogueira
Publication Details
- Journal
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Published
- 2025-04-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3105.241694
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.40