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Genomic and phenotypic characterization of the Oropouche virus strain implicated in the 2022–24 large‐scale outbreak in Brazil

Journal of Medical Virology, Volume 96, Issue 10, October 2024.
Abstract The Orthobunyavirus oropoucheense species encompasses a group of arthropod‐borne zoonotic viruses transmitted by biting midges to animals including humans. Several large‐scale human outbreaks caused by the prototype member of this species, Oropouche virus (OROV) have been documented since the 1970s and were primarily confined to the Amazon ...
Elisa de A. N. Azevedo, Alexandre F. da Silva, Verônica G. da Silva, Lais C. Machado, Gustavo B. de Lima, Bruno I. M. Ishigami, Keilla M. Paz e Silva, Mayara M. de O. M. da Costa, Diego A. Falcão, Andreza P. Vasconcelos, Clintiano C. da Silva, Felipe G. Naveca, Matheus F. Bezerra, Tulio de L. Campos, Bartolomeu Acioli‐Santos, Marcelo H. S. Paiva, Clarice N. L. de Morais, Gabriel L. Wallau   +17 more
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Emergence of recombinant Mayaro virus strains from the Amazon basin

Scientific Reports, 2017
Mayaro virus (MAYV), causative agent of Mayaro Fever, is an arbovirus transmitted by Haemagogus mosquitoes. Despite recent attention due to the identification of several cases in South and Central America and the Caribbean, limited information on MAYV ...
Carla Mavian, Brittany D. Rife, James Jarad Dollar, Eleonora Cella, Massimo Ciccozzi, Mattia C. F. Prosperi, John Lednicky, J. Glenn Morris, Ilaria Capua, Marco Salemi   +9 more
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Multiple effects of toxins isolated from Crotalus durissus terrificus on the hepatitis C virus life cycle [PDF]

, 2017
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is one of the main causes of liver disease and transplantation worldwide. Current therapy is expensive, presents additional side effects and viral resistance has been described.
A Macdonald, A Stankiewicz-Drogoń, AB Cecilio, ACG Jardim, Adélia Cristina Oliveira Cintra, AJ Thompson, Ana Carolina Gomes Jardim, BL Pearlman, C Bon, C Bon, C Sarrazin, C-I Popescu, Carina Machado Pereira, Carsten Zothner, Cintia Bittar, D Fenard, DL Wyles, DL Wyles, E Sugawara, EA Dennis, F Xiao, G Barba, G Faure, G Faure, G Faure, G Wandeler, GH Syed, Guilherme Rodrigues Fernandes Campos, H Breithaupt, H Jin, I-W Park, J Blaising, J Goldwasser, Jacqueline Farinha Shimizu, Jason Blackard, K. H. Slotta, KF Santos, KJ Blight, KJ Helbig, L Zona, M Houghton, M Krawczyk, Mariana Nogueira Batista, Mark Harris, ME Burlone, MJ Sofia, N Calland, N Dabbouseh, P Bailey, P Gastaminza, P Meuleman, Paula Rahal, R a Hendon, R Bartenschlager, R Kini, R Meenakshisundaram, R Talwani, R Yan, S Ciesek, S Sampaio, S Zhang, SD Aird, SH FERREIRA, Suely da Silva, Suely Vilela Sampaio, T Masaki, T Mosmann, T Wakita, VD Menjon Muller, VD Muller, VDM Muller, Victor Hugo Aquino, VL Petricevich, WS Ayoub, Y Miyanari, Y Nahmias, Á Rojas   +76 more
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An unidentified cluster of infection in the Peruvian Amazon region [PDF]

, 2015
Introduction: Bartonella bacilliformis is the etiological agent of Carrion’s disease, which is a neglected disease linked to people in low-socioeconomic populations in Andean valleys. An outbreak of B.
Bustamante, Pershing, Cornejo, Angela, Gomes, Cláudia, Martínez-Puchol, Sandra, Pons, Maria J., Ruiz, Joaquim, Suárez, Luis, Valle Mendoza, Juana del   +7 more
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Anti-Mayaro virus activity of Cassia australis extracts (Fabaceae, Leguminosae)

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background The arthropod-borne Mayaro virus (MAYV) causes ‘Mayaro fever’, a disease of medical significance, primarily affecting individuals in permanent contact with forested areas in tropical South America.
Kassia C W Spindola, Naomi K Simas, Tiago S Salles, Marcelo D F de Meneses, Alice Sato, Davis Ferreira, Wanderson Romão, Ricardo M Kuster   +7 more
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Mayaro Virus in Child with Acute Febrile Illness, Haiti, 2015

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016
Mayaro virus has been associated with small outbreaks in northern South America. We isolated this virus from a child with acute febrile illness in rural Haiti, confirming its role as a cause of mosquitoborne illness in the Caribbean region.
John Lednicky, Valery Madsen Beau De Rochars, Maha Elbadry, Julia Loeb, Taina Telisma, Sonese Chavannes, Gina Anilis, Eleonora Cella, Massimo Ciccozzi, Bernard Okech, Marco Salemi, J. Glenn Morris   +11 more
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Multiplexed reverse transcription real-time polymerase chain reaction for simultaneous detection of Mayaro, Oropouche, and Oropouche-like viruses

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
We describe a sensitive method for simultaneous detection of Oropouche and Oropouche-like viruses carrying the Oropouche S segment, as well as the Mayaro virus, using a multiplexed one-step reverse transcription real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT ...
Felipe Gomes Naveca, Valdinete Alves do Nascimento, Victor Costa de Souza, Bruno Tardelli Diniz Nunes, Daniela Sueli Guerreiro Rodrigues, Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos   +5 more
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Reconstructing Mayaro virus circulation in French Guiana shows frequent spillovers

Nature Communications, 2020
Mayaro virus (MAYV) is an emerging arbovirus, but cross-reactivity with other alphaviruses makes analysis of its epidemiology difficult. Here, the authors develop an analytical framework to assess MAYV epidemiology and find evidence for an important ...
Nathanaël Hozé, Henrik Salje, Dominique Rousset, Camille Fritzell, Jessica Vanhomwegen, Sarah Bailly, Matthieu Najm, Antoine Enfissi, Jean-Claude Manuguerra, Claude Flamand, Simon Cauchemez   +10 more
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A geopositioned and evidence-graded pan-species compendium of Mayaro virus occurrence [PDF]

, 2023
Michael Celone, Alexander M. Potter, Barbara A. Han, Sean P. Beeman, Bernard A. Okech, Brett M. Forshey, James C. Dunford, George W. Rutherford, Neida K. Mita-Mendoza, Elizabet L. Estallo, Ricardo Khouri, Isadora Cristina de Siqueira, Kyle Petersen, Ryan C. Maves, Assaf Anyamba, Simon Pollett   +15 more
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Emerg Infect Dis [PDF]

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