Emergence of Madariaga virus as a cause of acute febrile illness in children, Haiti, 2015-2016.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: John A Lednicky, Sarah K White, Carla N Mavian, Maha A El Badry, Taina Telisma, Marco Salemi, Bernard A OKech, V Madsen Beau De Rochars, J Glenn Morris
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Madariaga
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006972; https://doaj.org/article/382823990cc540cab2ee9383926fff59

Madariaga virus (MADV), also known as South American eastern equine encephalitis virus, has been identified in animals and humans in South and Central America, but not previously in Hispaniola or the northern Caribbean. MADV was isolated from virus cultures of plasma from an 8-year-old child in a sc...