Mayaro fever virus, Brazilian Amazon

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 char...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2009-11, Vol.15 (11), p.1830-1832
Main Authors: Azevedo, Raimunda S S, Silva, Eliana V P, Carvalho, Valéria L, Rodrigues, Sueli G, Nunes-Neto, Joaquim P, Monteiro, Hamilton, Peixoto, Victor S, Chiang, Jannifer O, Nunes, Márcio R T, Vasconcelos, Pedro F C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Animals
Antibodies, Viral - blood
Brazil - epidemiology
Cell Line
Child
Child, Preschool
Communicable Diseases, Emerging - epidemiology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging - immunology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging - virology
Culicidae - virology
Diagnosis
Disease Outbreaks
Dispatch
Distribution
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
febrile illness
Female
genetic characterization
Health aspects
Humans
Immunoglobulin M
Immunoglobulin M - blood
Male
Mayaro virus
Mice
Middle Aged
outbreak
Phylogeny
rash
Risk factors
RNA virus infections
Togaviridae - classification
Togaviridae - genetics
Togaviridae - immunology
Togaviridae - isolation & purification
Togaviridae Infections - epidemiology
Togaviridae Infections - immunology
Togaviridae Infections - virology
viruses
Young Adult
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1511.090461