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Multicenter Study
. 2013 Nov;19(11):1839-42.
doi: 10.3201/eid1911.130777.

Mayaro virus infection, Amazon Basin region, Peru, 2010-2013

Eric S Halsey, Crystyan Siles, Carolina Guevara, Stalin Vilcarromero, Erik J Jhonston, Cesar Ramal, Patricia V Aguilar, Julia S Ampuero
Multicenter Study

Mayaro virus infection, Amazon Basin region, Peru, 2010-2013

Eric S Halsey et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Nov.

Abstract

During 2010-2013, we recruited 16 persons with confirmed Mayaro virus infection in the Peruvian Amazon to prospectively follow clinical symptoms and serologic response over a 12-month period. Mayaro virus infection caused long-term arthralgia in more than half, similar to reports of other arthritogenic alphaviruses.

Keywords: Peru; alphavirus; arboviruses; arthralgia; chronic pain; diagnosis; vector-borne infections; viruses.

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Figure 1
Map of Peru. Sites for study of Mayaro virus–infected patients are marked with a dot.
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Figure 2
Prevalence of joint involvement at the different follow-up visits for Mayaro virus infection, Amazon Basin region, Peru, 2010–2013. Denominators varied because of varying numbers of participants reporting to each follow-up visit. M03, 3-month follow-up; M06, 6-month follow-up; M12, 12-month follow-up.
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