Successful Treatment of Experimental Western Equine Encephalomyelitis with Hyperimmune Rabbit Serum
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Eastern, Western and Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis Sleeping Sickness Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis (EEE), Eastern Equine Encephalitis, Eastern Encephalitis Western Equine Encephalomyelitis (WEE), Western Equine Encephalitis Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis (VEE), Peste Loca, Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis, Venezuelan Encephalitis, Venezuelan Equine Fever
Eastern equine encephalomyelitis (EEE), western equine encephalomyelitis (WEE), and Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis (VEE) viruses are mosquito-borne pathogens that can cause nonspecific illnesses and encephalitis in equids (horses, mules, burros, donkeys and zebras) and humans in the Americas. Some of these viruses also affect birds and occasionally other mammals. No specific treatment is a...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health
سال: 1945
ISSN: 0002-9572
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.35.8.815