Eastern Equine Encephalitis -- Haiti
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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 school cohort in the Gressier/Leogane region of Haiti, who was seen in April 2015, with acute febrile illness (AFI). The virus was subsequently cultured from an additional 7 AFI
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