Mayaro fever virus, Brazilian Amazon

  • Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Nov;15(11):1830-2. doi: 10.3201/eid1511.090461.
Raimunda S S Azevedo  1 ,  Eliana V P Silva ,  Valéria L Carvalho ,  Sueli G Rodrigues ,  Joaquim P Nunes-Neto ,  Hamilton Monteiro ,  Victor S Peixoto ,  Jannifer O Chiang ,  Márcio R T Nunes ,  Pedro F C Vasconcelos
Affiliations
  • 1. Instituto Evandro Chagas, CEP 67030-000, Ananindeua, Brazil.
PMID: 19891877 DOI: 10.3201/eid1511.090461
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.