Bulletin of the Pan American Health Organization.
Discontinued
Publisher:
Pan American Sanitary Bureau.
Frequency: Quarterly
Country: United States
Language: English
Author(s):
Pan American Health Organization., Pan American Sanitary Bureau.
Start Year:1973 - 1996
Identifiers
| ISSN: | 0085-4638 (Print) 0085-4638 (Linking) |
| NLM ID: | 7505403 |
| (DNLM): | B51140000(s) |
| (OCoLC): | 01778334 |
| Coden: | BPAHA3 |
| Classification: | W1 BU884D |
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 Caraparu-Ossa, Marituba, and Oriboca-Itaqui viruses, and the Guama group agents were Bimiti virus. Besides providing a detailed account of these investigations, this article includes a current list of known a...