| ecologic observations of venezuelan encephalitis virus in vertebrates and isolations of nepuyo and patois viruses from sentinel hamsters at pacific and atlantic habitats in guatemala, 1968-1980. | la avellana and puerto barrios, two enzootic foci of venezuelan encephalitis (ve) virus on the pacific and caribbean lowlands (respectively) of guatemala have been studied over a 13-year period. data from sentinel hamsters and guinea pigs and wild and domestic vertebrates are reported. ve virus strains were isolated from hamsters each period they were exposed during the rainy seasons 1968-1980 and at the end of the dry season 1974. rates of isolation of ve virus ranged from 0.2%-5.7% hamster/day ... | 1985 | 4025694 |