| studies of arboviruses in southwestern venezuela: i. isolations of venezuelan and eastern equine encephalitis viruses from sentinel hamsters in the catatumbo region. | the purpose of this report is to describe isolations of venezuelan (vee) and eastern (eee) equine encephalitis virus made in the lowland moist tropical forest of the catatumbo region on the southwestern part of the state of zulia, venezuela. we have isolated four strains of eeev from sentinel hamsters exposed at caño mocho and madre vieja sites in 1973 and 1974, and three strains of eeev in hacienda (hda.) las nubes in 1975. both viruses were recovered during silent interepidemic periods and we ... | 1976 | 1010667 |