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Fort Sherman Virus Infection in Human, Peru, 2020

  • Edmilson F. de Oliveira-Filho
  • , César Augusto Cabezas Sánchez
  • , Dora Esther Valencia Manosalva
  • , Maribel Dana Figueroa Romero
  • , Nancy Susy Merino Sarmiento
  • , Adolfo Ismael Marcelo Ñique
  • , Edward Málaga-Trillo
  • , Andres Moreira-Soto
  • , Maria Paquita García Mendoza
  • , Jan Felix Drexler
  • Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
  • Mental Honorio Delgado-Hideyo Noguchi
  • Laboratorio de Referencia Regional de Salud Pública de Lambayeque
  • German Centre for Infection Research

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Abstract

Fort Sherman virus (FSV) was isolated in Panama in 1985 from a US soldier. We report a case of human FSV infection in a febrile patient from northern coastal Peru in 2020. FSV infections spanning ≈35 years and a distance of 2,000 km warrant diagnostics, genomic surveillance, and investigation of transmission cycles.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2211-2214
Number of pages4
JournalEmerging Infectious Diseases
Volume30
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2024

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