Molecular Epidemiology of Mayaro Virus among Febrile Patients, Roraima State, Brazil, 2018-2021

Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 May;30(5):1013-1016. doi: 10.3201/eid3005.231406.

Abstract

We detected Mayaro virus (MAYV) in 3.4% (28/822) of febrile patients tested during 2018-2021 from Roraima State, Brazil. We also isolated MAYV strains and confirmed that these cases were caused by genotype D. Improved surveillance is needed to better determine the burden of MAYV in the Amazon Region.

Keywords: Amazon; Brazil; Mayaro virus; arbovirus; arthralgia; febrile illnesses; mosquito-borne infections; nanopore sequencing; vector-borne infections; viruses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Alphavirus / classification
  • Alphavirus / genetics
  • Alphavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Alphavirus Infections / virology
  • Arenaviridae Infections / epidemiology
  • Arenaviridae Infections / virology
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Fever / epidemiology
  • Fever / virology
  • Genotype
  • History, 21st Century
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Epidemiology*
  • Phylogeny
  • Young Adult