Mayaro Fever Virus, Brazilian Amazon

Raimunda do Socorro da Silva Azevedo, Eliana V. P. Silva(Instituto Evandro Chagas), Valéria Lima Carvalho(Instituto Evandro Chagas), Sueli Guerreiro Rodrigues(Instituto Evandro Chagas), Joaquim Pinto Nunes Neto(Universidade do Estado do Pará), Hamilton A.O. Monteiro(Universidade do Estado do Pará), Victor S. Peixoto(Universidade do Estado do Pará), Jannifer Oliveira Chiang(Instituto Evandro Chagas), Márcio Roberto Teixeira Nunes(Instituto Evandro Chagas), Pedro F.C. Vasconcelos(Universidade do Estado do Pará)
Emerging infectious diseases
October 23, 2009
10.3201/eid1511.090461
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Abstract

In February 2008, a Mayaro fever virus (MAYV) outbreak occurred in a settlement in Santa Barbara municipality, northern Brazil. Patients had rash, fever, and severe arthralgia lasting up to 7 days. Immunoglobulin M against MAYV was detected by ELISA in 36 persons; 3 MAYV isolates sequenced were characterized as genotype D.

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