Ryder S, Bracho D
Instituto de Investigaciones Clínicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad, del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Invest Clin. 1990;31(2):83-9.
Antibodies against Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus (VEEV) were studied in the human population of Mara District, Zulia State, Venezuela. Two hundred thirty nine blood samples were taken from the towns of San Rafael de Mara, Santa Cruz de Mara, La Sierrita-4 Bocas, Carrasquero, Isla de San Carlos e Isla de Toas, during june, july and september, 1988. Donors samples were classified by age, sex and serological titres. Eighty nine were less than 15 years old (37.2%) and 150, over 15 years old (62.7%). From the 239 samples, 224 were negative (93.7%) and 15 positive (6.3%). Our results indicate that must of the population from the studied towns were negative for VEEV antibodies and being exposed to the disease.
在委内瑞拉苏利亚州马拉区的人群中研究了抗委内瑞拉马脑炎病毒（VEEV）抗体。1988年6月、7月和9月期间，从圣拉斐尔德马拉、圣克鲁斯德马拉、拉谢里塔-4博卡斯、卡拉斯克罗、圣卡洛斯岛和托阿斯岛等城镇采集了239份血样。捐赠者样本按年龄、性别和血清学滴度进行分类。89人年龄小于15岁（37.2%），150人年龄超过15岁（62.7%）。在这239份样本中，224份为阴性（93.7%），15份为阳性（6.3%）。我们的结果表明，来自所研究城镇的大多数人群对VEEV抗体呈阴性，且未接触过该疾病。 （注：原文中“must of the population”表述有误，可能是“most of the population”）
