Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis and Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Child

Stalin Vilcarromero, Alberto Laguna-Torres, Connie Fernández, Eduardo Gotuzzo, Luis Suárez, Manuel Céspedes, Patricia V. Aguilar

, and Tadeusz J. Kochel

Author affiliations: Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru (S. Vilcarromero, V.A. Laguna-Torres, P.V. Aguilar, T.J. Kochel); Hospital of Yurimaguas, Loreto, Peru (C. Fernandez); Cayetano Heredia University, Lima (S. Vilcarromero, E. Gotuzzo); General Directorate of Epidemiology, Lima (L. Suarez); National Institute of Health–Ministry of Health, Lima (M. Céspedes)

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Neighbor-joining phylogenetic tree of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus complex based on partial sequence of the envelope glycoprotein precursor segment. The strain isolated from the 3-year-old boy with upper gastrointestinal bleeding, Jeberos, Peru, January 2006, is shown in boldface. Numbers indicate bootstrap values.

Figure 2. Neighbor-joining phylogenetic tree of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus complex based on partial sequence of the envelope glycoprotein precursor segment. The strain isolated from the 3-year-old boy with upper gastrointestinal bleeding, Jeberos, Peru, January 2006, is shown in boldface. Numbers indicate bootstrap values.

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