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Volume 30, Supplement—October 2024
SUPPLEMENT ISSUE
Articles

Characteristics of Madariaga and Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus Infections, Panama

Luis Felipe Rivera1, Carlos Lezcano-Coba1, Josefrancisco Galué, Xacdiel Rodriguez, Yelissa Juarez, William M. de Souza, Zeuz Capitan-Barrios, Anayansi Valderrama, Leyda Abrego, Hector Cedeño, Carmela Jackman, Jesse J. Waggoner, Patricia V. Aguilar, Hilda Guzman, Scott C. Weaver, Robert B. Tesh, Sandra López-Vèrges, Christl A. Donnelly, Cassia F. Estofolete, Mauricio L. Nogueira, Nuno R. Faria, Nikos Vasilakis, Amy Y. Vittor2, Darci R. Smith2Comments to Author , and Jean-Paul Carrera2
Author affiliation: Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Panama City, Panama (L.F. Rivera, C. Lezcano-Coba, J. Galué, X. Rodriguez, Y. Juarez, A. Valderrama, L. Abrego, S. López-Vèrges, J.-P. Carrera); Carson Centre for Health and Ecosystem Research, La Peñita, Darién, Panama (L.F. Rivera, C. Lezcano-Coba, J. Galué, X. Rodriguez, Y. Juarez, Z. Capitan-Barrios, A. Valderrama, L. Abrego, J.-P. Carrera); Facultad Salud Pública y Administración, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru (C. Lezcano-Coba); University of Kentucky, College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, USA (W.M. de Souza); Universidad de Panamá, Ciudad de Panamá (Z. Capitan-Barrios, L. Abrego); Ministry of Health, Panama City (H. Cedeño, C. Jackman); Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (J.J. Waggoner), The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA (P.V. Aguilar, H. Guzman, S.C. Weaver, R.B. Tesh, M.L. Nogueira, N. Vasilakis); University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (C.A. Donnelly, J.-P. Carrera); Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil (C.F. Estofolete, M.L. Nogueira); Imperial College London, London, UK (N.R. Faria); Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo (N.R. Faria); University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA (A.Y. Vittor); Naval Medical Research Command, Fort Detrick, Maryland, USA (D.R. Smith)

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Table

Sociodemographic characteristics of cases for in a study of characteristics of Madariaga and Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus infections, Panama*

Characteristic No. (%)
Sex
F 163 (35.8)
M
 292 (64.2)
Mean age, y (SD)
 23.6 (19.7)
Age group, y
0–5 98 (20.2)
6–20 159 (32.7)
>21
 229 (47.1)
Province
Darien 319 (71.1)
Comarca Embera 32 (7.1)
Other provinces
 98 (21.8)
VEEV
Negative 400 (80.7)
Positive
 96 (19.4)
MADV
Negative 460 (92.7)
Positive 36 (7.3)

*Samples were submitted for encephalitic alphavirus testing during 1961‒2023 (n = 496). Some variables may total <496 because of missing data. MADV, Madariaga virus; VEEV, Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus.

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1These authors contributed equally to this work.

2These authors contributed equally to this work.

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