Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis, Peruvian Amazon, 2020

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

doi:10.3201/eid3105.241694

Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis, Peruvian Amazon, 2020

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

Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Mental Honorio Delgado-Hideyo Noguchi
Universidad Nacional
Laboratorio de Refencia Regional en Salud Publica

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	995-996
Number of pages	2
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	31
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3105.241694
State	Published - May 2025

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Piche-Ovares, M., García Mendoza, M. P., Moreira-Soto, A., Fischer, C., Brünink, S., Figueroa-Romero, M. D., Merino-Sarmiento, N. S., Marcelo-Ñique, A. I., Málaga-Trillo, E., Gatty-Nogueira, M., Cabezas Sanchez, C. A., & Drexler, J. F. (2025). Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis, Peruvian Amazon, 2020. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 31(5), 995-996. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3105.241694

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