Study of VE virus and isolation of SLE, EE, group C, and GUAMA group arboviruses in the Amazon region of Peru, 1975.

The first isolations of eastern encephalitis, group C, and Guama group arboviruses from the Peruvian Amazon region of western South America.

Two strains of eastern encephalitis (EE) virus were isolated in the Amazon region of Peru near Pucallpa, Loreto Department, using sentinel hamsters. EE virus antibodies were found in healthy horses at both Pucallpa and Iquitos in the same Department. Fourteen group C and four Guama group arboviruses were recovered from sentenel hamsters and mosquitoes near Iquitos. The group C agents were Carap...

Whole-Genome Sequencing for Risk Assessment of Long-term Shiga Toxin–producing Escherichia coli

1. Reisen WK. Epidemiology of St. Louis encephalitis virus. Adv Virus Res. 2003;61:139–83. http://dx.doi. org/10.1016/S0065-3527(03)61004-3 2. Causey OR, Shope RE, Theiler M. Isolation of St. Louis encephalitis virus from arthropods in Pará, Brazil. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1964;13:449. 3. Mettler NE, Casals J. Isolation of St. Louis encephalitis virus from man in Argentina. Acta Virol. 1971;15:148–5...

New Virus Genome Sequences of the Guama Serogroup (Genus Orthobunyavirus, Family Bunyaviridae), Isolated in the Brazilian Amazon Region

This is the first announcement of two nearly complete viral genome sequences belonging to the Guama serogroup (genus Orthobunyavirus, family Bunyaviridae) isolated in the Brazilian Amazon region: Mirim virus (MIRV; BEAN7722) and Ananindeua virus (ANUV; BEAN109303).

No Detection of Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) Virus in Ticks from Kerman Province of Iran

Introduction: Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is a fatal tick-borne viral zoonosis with a case fatality rate of 5% to 30%. CCHF has been documented as the most frequent tick-borne viral infection in Iran with more than 50 cases annually. Kerman Province in the south of Iran is one of the CCHF-endemic areas of the country, but no data on infection of ticks with this virus from this area i...

The Isolation and Identification of Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis Virus in Iran