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Volume 29, Number 9—September 2023
Dispatch

Novel Echarate Virus Variant Isolated from Patient with Febrile Illness, Chanchamayo, Peru

Gilda TroncosComments to Author , Dina Popuche, Bishwo N. Adhikari, Kyle A. Long, Jane Ríos, Michel Valerio, Carolina Guevara, Regina Z. Cer, Kimberly A. Bishop-Lilly, Julia S. Ampuero, Maria Silva, and Cristhopher D. Cruz
Author affiliations: US Naval Medical Research Unit SOUTH, Lima, Peru (G. Troncos, D. Popuche, J. Ríos, C. Guevara, J.S. Ampuero, M. Silva, C.D. Cruz); Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, USA (B.N. Adhikari); Biological Defense Research Directorate, Naval Medical Research Command, Fort Detrick, Maryland, USA (B.N. Adhikari, K.A. Long, R.Z. Cer, K.A. Bishop-Lilly); Leidos, Reston, Virginia (K.A. Long); Hospital Regional Docente de Medicina Tropical Julio César Demarini Caro, Chanchamayo, Peru (M. Valerio); Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima (M. Valerio)

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Figure 1

Geographic distribution of Candiru complex virus in Central and South America in study of novel ECHV variant isolated from patient with febrile illness, Chanchamayo, Peru. A) Countries where viruses were identified (shaded in gray). B) Geographic distribution of the Candiru complex viruses in Peru identified from patients with acute febrile illness. Red dot indicates location of the novel ECHV variant: ECHV variant (Chanchamayo–Junín), ECHV (Echarate-Cuzco, 1998); Maldonado virus (Puerto Maldonado–Madre de Dios, 2004); Candiru virus (Puerto Maldonado–Madre de Dios, 2010). ECHV, Echarate virus.

Figure 1. Geographic distribution of Candiru complex virus in Central and South America in study of novel ECHV variant isolated from patient with febrile illness, Chanchamayo, Peru. A) Countries where viruses were identified (shaded in gray). B) Geographic distribution of the Candiru complex viruses in Peru identified from patients with acute febrile illness. Red dot indicates location of the novel ECHV variant: ECHV variant (Chanchamayo–Junín), ECHV (Echarate-Cuzco, 1998); Maldonado virus (Puerto Maldonado–Madre de Dios, 2004); Candiru virus (Puerto Maldonado–Madre de Dios, 2010). ECHV, Echarate virus.

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