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Viruses, 2020 Mayaro virus is a mosquito-borne Alphavirus endemic to forests of tropical South America with a sylvatic cycle involving non-human primates and Haemagogus mosquitoes.
Barry W. Alto +4 more
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Mayaro Virus: An Emerging Alphavirus in the Americas. [PDF]
VirusesMayaro virus (MAYV) is an arbovirus first isolated in Trinidad and Tobago in 1954. MAYV is the causative agent of Mayaro fever, which is characterised by high fever, maculopapular rash, myalgia and arthralgia. The potential for chronic arthralgia is of particular clinical concern.
Wei LLL, Tom R, Kim YC.
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Mayaro fever: A brief review on the immune profile
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2020 Mayaro virus is an emergent alphavirus that infects humans, leading to Mayaro fever. Approximately fifty percent of infected patients develop arthritis symptoms in the recovery phase, a phase that can last up to a year.
Jean Moisés Ferreira +3 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2021 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. Recently, MAYV has attracted attention due to
Tiago Souza Salles +9 more
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Hunting in the rainforest and mayaro virus infection: An emerging alphavirus in Ecuador
Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2011 Objectives: The objectives of this report were to document the potential presence of Mayaro virus infection in Ecuador and to examine potential risk factors for Mayaro virus infection among the personnel of a military garrison in the Amazonian rainforest.
Ricardo O Izurieta +7 more
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Mayaro virus in Latin America and the Caribbean [PDF]
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2020 Objectives. To assess the distribution of Mayaro virus (MAYV) in Latin America and the Caribbean and evaluate existing country-level MAYV surveillance mechanisms. Methods. Research was conducted from May 2018 through May 2019 to collect data from academic literature on Mayaro fever in Latin America and the Caribbean. PubMed, ClinicalKey, Scopus, Nature,
Niloofar Ganjian, Ana Riviere-Cinnamond
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023 Infections with Chikungunya virus, a mosquito-borne alphavirus, cause an acute febrile syndrome often followed by chronic arthritis that persists for months to years post-infection.
John M Powers +12 more
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Will Mayaro virus be responsible for the next outbreak of an arthropod-borne virus in Brazil?
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017 Mayaro virus is an alphavirus from the Togaviridae family and is transmitted mainly by Hemagogus mosquitoes. This virus circulates in high-density tropical forests or rural areas of Central and South America causing a disease characterized by high-grade ...
Danillo Lucas Alves Esposito +1 more
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Mayaro Virus: The Potential Role of Microbiota and Wolbachia. [PDF]
Pathogens, 2021 The Mayaro virus (MAYV) is an arbovirus that circulates mainly in tropical forests or rural areas in Latin America and is transmitted mainly by Haemagogus mosquitoes. The objective of this study was to evaluate the vector competence, microbiome, and the presence of Wolbachia in three Aedes albopictus populations infected with MAYV.
Pereira TN +6 more
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Emerging and reemerging arboviruses: a new threat in Eastern Peru [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Arboviral diseases are one of the most common causes of acute febrile illness (AFI) and a significant health problem in South America. In Peru, laboratory etiologic identification of these infections occurs in less than 50% of cases, leading ...
Valle Mendoza, Luis Javier del
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