Table 2. Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus titers in 10 patients, Peru.
| Patient code | Age, y/sex | Location | Date of symptom onset | Date of blood collection | Serum titer, PFU/mL | Signs and symptoms |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Bleed* | Fever | Seizure | GI† | Resp‡ | Aches§ | ||||||
| Patient 1 FSL2612 | 7/F | Yurimaguas, Loreto | 2006 Jun 19 | 2006 Jun 20 | 1.8 × 104 | + | – | + | + | + | + | + |
| FSL2649 | 32/M | Yurimaguas, Loreto | 2006 Aug 7 | 2006 Aug 8 | 3.4 × 104 | – | – | + | – | + | + | + |
| IQE1149 | 14/F | Iquitos, Loreto | 2005 Apr 14 | 2005 Apr 15 | 1.0 × 103 | – | – | + | – | – | – | + |
| IQE831 | 8/F | Iquitos, Loreto | 2005 Mar 13 | 2005 Mar 14 | 3.0 × 102 | – | – | + | – | – | – | + |
| IQE3605 | 6/M | Iquitos, Loreto | 2006 Apr 3 | 2006 Apr 4 | 1.0 × 102 | – | – | + | – | + | – | + |
| IQE3741 | 10/F | Iquitos, Loreto | 2006 Apr 21 | 2006 Apr 24 | 5.0 × 102 | – | – | + | – | + | – | + |
| IQE5023 | 7/M | Iquitos, Loreto | 2007 Feb 27 | 2007 Feb 28 | 1.3 × 104 | – | – | + | – | + | – | + |
| FMD1737 | 18/M | Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios | 2007 Dec 17 | 2007 Dec 19 | 5.0 × 102 | – | – | + | – | – | – | + |
| FMD1905 | 21/F | Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios | 2008 Feb 9 | 2008 Feb 12 | 3.0 × 103 | – | – | + | – | + | – | + |
| Patient 2¶ | 25/M | Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios | 2005 Feb 24 | 2005 Feb 28 | NM | + | + | + | – | + | – | + |
*Epistaxis, bleeding gums, ecchymosis, purpura, hematochezia, or melena. †Gastrointestinal (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or abdominal pain). ‡Respiratory (cough, dyspnea, or cyanosis). §Arthralgia, myalgia, bone pain, malaise, or prostration. ¶Virus isolation attempts unsuccessful; ELISA immunoglobulin M results positive for Venezuelan equine encephalitis. NM, not measured.