Venezuelan equine encephalitis in Panama: Fatal endemic disease and genetic diversity of etiologic viral strains

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Quiroz, Evelia ^a   Aguilar, Patricia V ^b   Cisneros, Julio ^a   Tesh, Robert B ^b   Weaver, Scott C ^b  

^a Gorgas Memorial Institute   (Panama)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEVER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFANT; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANAMA; TREMOR; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; VIREMIA; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS;

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PANAMA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68349097178     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000472     Document Type: Article

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