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. 2004 Jul;10(7):1304-6.
doi: 10.3201/eid1007.030860.

Family cluster of Mayaro fever, Venezuela

Jaime R Torres  1 , Kevin L Russell, Clovis Vasquez, Roberto Barrera, Robert B Tesh, Rosalba Salas, Douglas M Watts
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Family cluster of Mayaro fever, Venezuela

Jaime R Torres et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Jul.

Abstract

A cluster of protracted migratory polyarthritis involving four adult family members occurred in January 2000 after a brief overnight outing in a rural area of Venezuela. Laboratory testing demonstrated Mayaro virus as the cause of the cluster. These results documented the first human cases of Mayaro virus in Venezuela.

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