Skip directly to site content Skip directly to page options Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link
Volume 16, Number 3—March 2010
Dispatch

Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis and 2 Human Deaths, Peru

Stalin Vilcarromero, Patricia V. Aguilar, Eric S. Halsey, Alberto Laguna-Torres, Hugo Razuri, Juan Perez, Yadira Valderrama, Eduardo Gotuzzo, Luis Suárez, Manuel Céspedes, and Tadeusz J. KochelComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru (S. Vilcarromero, P.V. Aguilar, E.S. Halsey, V.A. Laguna-Torres, H. Razuri, J. Perez, T.J. Kochel); Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima (S. Vilcarromero, E. Gotuzzo); Hospital de Apoyo Yurimaguas, Loreto, Peru (Y. Valderrama); Dirección General de Epidemiología, Lima (L. Suárez); Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima (M. Céspedes)

Main Article

Table 1

Laboratory test results for 2 patients infected with Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus, Peru*

Testing Patient no. 1 Patient no. 2 Reference range
Date blood collected 2006 Jun 20 2005 Feb 28 2005 Mar 1
Hematocrit, % 36 36 22 38–44
Thromocytes, cells/mm3
233,000

143,750
NM
150,000–450,000
Leukocytes
Total, cells/mm3 21,450 3,900 NM 4,500–10,000
Bands, % 7 4 NM 3–5
Segmented cells, % 84 72 NM 55–65
Eosinophils, % 0 0 NM 0.5–4.0
Monocytes, % 0 14 NM 3–8
Lymphocytes, %
9

10
NM
25–35
ESR, mm/h 41 NM NM 1–15
Creatinine, mg/dL 2.1 9.1 8.8 0.8–1.4
Urea, mg/dL 115 206 238 20–45

*NM, not measured; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate.

Main Article

Page created: December 14, 2010
Page updated: December 14, 2010
Page reviewed: December 14, 2010
The conclusions, findings, and opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by any of the groups named above.
file_external