RESEARCH ARTICLE Epidemiology of Emergent Madariaga Encephalitis in a Region with Endemic Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis: Initial Host Studies and Human Cross-Sectional Study in Darien, Panama Amy Y. Vittor1,2*, Blas Armien3,4, Publio Gonzalez3, Jean-Paul Carrera5, Claudia Dominguez3, Anayansi Valderrama6, Greg E. Glass7, Davis Beltran5, a11111 Julio Cisneros5, Eryu Wang2, Alex Castillo5, Brechla Moreno5, Scott C. Weaver2 1 Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, 2 Institute for Human Infections and Immunity and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, 3 Department of Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases, Gorgas Memorial Institute of Health Studies, Panama City, Panama, 4 Universidad Interamericana de Panama, Panama City, Panama, 5 Department of Research in Virology and Biotechnology, Gorgas Memorial Institute of Health Studies, Panama City, Panama, 6 Department of Medical Entomology, Gorgas Memorial Institute of Health Studies, Panama City, Panama, 7 Department of OPEN ACCESS Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America Citation: Vittor AY, Armien B, Gonzalez P, Carrera J- *
[email protected] P, Dominguez C, Valderrama A, et al. (2016) Epidemiology of Emergent Madariaga Encephalitis in a Region with Endemic Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis: Initial Host Studies and Human Cross- Sectional Study in Darien, Panama. PLoS Negl Trop Abstract Dis 10(4): e0004554. doi:10.1371/journal.