Encefalitis equina venezolana. Perfil clínico epidemiológico de la epidemia ocurrida en 1995

• Main Authors: Colina B José Luis, Blanchard Gabriela
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales 2003
• Subjects: Venezuelan equine encephalitis; epizootics; encephalomyelitis; 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/e8a6b82ba6aa4a92a1ff0067d8a498bc

Abstract: 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, a...