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Science 17 July 1964:
Vol. 145. no. 3629, pp. 274 - 275
DOI: 10.1126/science.145.3629.274
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Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus in Veracruz, Mexico, and the Use of Hamsters as Sentinels

W. F. Scherer 1, R. W. Dickerman 1, C. Wong Chia 1, A. Ventura 1, A. Moorhouse 1, R. Geiger 1, and A. Diaz Najera 2

1 Department of Microbiology, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York
2 Laboratorio de Entomologia, Instituto de Salubridad y Enfermedades Tropicales, Mexico D.F., Mexico

Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus was recovered in the state of Veracruz, Mexico, during July and August 1963 from young, weaned hamters, and from baby mice used as sentinel animals, and from Culex mosquitoes. Hamsters of 5 to 10 weeks of age became infected in nature and were nearly as susceptible as suckling mice to subcutaneous inoculation of VEE virus.


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PATHOGENICITY OF A VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS SEROTYPE IE VIRUS ISOLATE FOR PONIES.
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Am J Trop Med Hyg 68, 485-494
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