While studying respiratory infections in Peru, we identified Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) in a nasopharyngeal swab, indicating that this alphavirus can be present in human respiratory secretions. Because VEEV may be infectious when aerosolized, our finding is relevant for the management of VEEV-infected patients and for VEEV transmission studies.
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Juarez, D., Guevara, C., Wiley, M., Torre, A., Palacios, G., Halsey, E. S., … Leguia, M. (2018, August 1). Isolation of complete equine encephalitis virus genome from human swab specimen, Peru. Emerging Infectious Diseases. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2408.171274
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