Characteristics of Madariaga and Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus infections, Panama
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Madariaga virus (MADV) and Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) are emerging arboviruses affecting rural and remote areas of Latin America. However, clinical and epidemiologic reports are limited, and outbreaks are occurring at an increasing frequency. We addressed the data gap by analyzing all available clinical and epidemiologic data of MADV and VEEV infections recorded since 1961 in Panama. A total of 168 human alphavirus encephalitis cases were detected in Panama during 1961‒2023. We described the clinical signs and symptoms and epidemiologic characteristics of those cases, and also explored signs and symptoms as potential predictors of encephalitic alphavirus infection compared with those of other arbovirus infections occurring in the region. Our results highlight the challenges for the clinical diagnosis of alphavirus disease in endemic regions with overlapping circulation of multiple arboviruses.
Date Issued
2024-10-01
Date Acceptance
2024-11-01
Citation
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2024, 30 (Supplement)
ISSN
1080-6040
Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Journal / Book Title
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume
30
Issue
Supplement
Copyright Statement
Emerging Infectious Diseases is an open access journal in the public domain. All content is freely available without charge to users or their institutions. In accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative definition of Open Access, users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. Because the journal is in the public domain, its usage policy also conforms to conditions set for by Creative Commons.
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Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39530903
Subjects
ENCEPHALOMYELITIS
Immunology
Infectious Diseases
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Science & Technology
ZIKA
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States
Date Publish Online
2024-11-11