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SUBMITTER: Carrera JP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7695115 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Carrera Jean-Paul JP Cucunubá Zulma M ZM Neira Karen K Lambert Ben B Pittí Yaneth Y Liscano Jesus J Garzón Jorge L JL Beltran Davis D Collado-Mariscal Luisa L Saenz Lisseth L Sosa Néstor N Rodriguez-Guzman Luis D LD González Publio P Lescano Andrés G AG Pereyra-Elías Reneé R Valderrama Anayansi A Weaver Scott C SC Vittor Amy Y AY Armién Blas B Pascale Juan-Miguel JM Donnelly Christl A CA
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20201022 6
Madariaga virus (MADV) has recently been associated with severe human disease in Panama, where the closely related Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) also circulates. In June 2017, a fatal MADV infection was confirmed in a community of Darien Province. We conducted a cross-sectional outbreak investigation with human and mosquito collections in July 2017, where sera were tested for alphavirus antibodies and viral RNA. In addition, by applying a catalytic, force-of-infection (FOI) statist ...[more]