Equine Encephalitis in Venezuela. A Clinical Epidemiological Profile of the 1995 Epidemic

• Main Authors: José Luis Colina B, Gabriela Blanchard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales 2003
• Subjects: Encefalitis equina venezolana; epizootias; encefalomielitis; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Mara
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/454b15b034da40e3ab14677e63a13bc6

Equine encephalitis in Venezuela has presented itself in epidemic outbreaks in the Venezuelan Guajira since 1936. In 1938 the causal agent was isolated for the first time in a sick horse in Venezuela. The predominant syndrome is that of a self-limiting illness similar to the common cold, and only 4%...