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    Mayaro virus disease is a mosquitoborne zoonotic pathogen endemic to certain humid forests of tropical South America. Infection with Mayaro virus causes an acute, self-limited dengue-like illness of 3?5 days' duration

    The genotype D is distributed in Trinidad, Brazil, French Guyana, Surinam, Peru, and Bolivia while the genotype L is limited to the North central region of Brazil

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    September 15, 2016

    A new mosquito-borne illness has been detected in Haiti


    There is a new mosquito-borne illness in Haiti.

    Infectious disease specialists at the University of Florida say they have confirmed the existence of the Mayaro virus in a patient in Haiti. The virus is closely related to the chikungunya virus but researchers say they do not yet know if it?s caused by the same Aedes aegypti mosquito that?s been linked to chikungunya and the Zika virus.

    ?We are not sure,? said Dr. John Lednicky, a University of Florida associate professor in the environmental and global health department of the College of Public Health and Health Professions. ?Many different mosquitoes can carry the same virus.?
    Lednicky, who runs UF?s laboratory in Haiti, said the Mayaro virus first was found in Trinidad and Tobago in 1954, and has been causing outbreaks in South America, mainly in the Amazon. It causes similar symptoms to chikungunya: fever, joint and muscle pain, rashes and abdominal pain.

    ?One can say it?s as bad as chikungunya, but there is so little information available,? he said. ?Maybe it?s been in Haiti this whole time and no one checked for it.?


    Whether the confirmed case signals the start of a new outbreak in the Caribbean region, researchers do not know, Lednicky said. Nor do they know if the virus is going to be widespread in Haiti where the Zika virus has been difficult to track because of the country?s weak health system.


    Lednicky said the new Mayaro virus is different from what they found in 2014.


    ?The virus we detected is genetically different from the ones that have been described recently in Brazil, and we don?t know yet if it is unique to Haiti or if it is a recombinant strain from different types of Mayaro viruses,? he said.
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    ?Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights ? that must be our call to arms"
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    Virus 'mayaro' Arrives in Panama


    04/22/2016 -

    The Ministry of Health (MoH) confirmed on Friday April 22, the entrance to the country of a new virus transmitted by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito.

    This is the virus called "mayaro" , which produces an acute illness in humans with symptoms similar to dengue.

    This new virus is transmitted by the bite of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which has been commissioned to reproduce very easily and transmit more than seven types of diseases, among which dengue, Chikungunya and Zika.

    This new threat to the health of citizens, causes high fever and severe joint pain.Usually it heals spontaneously and there have been very few cases of serious complications. Risk factors are associated with forested areas of the South American region.

    ?Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights ? that must be our call to arms"
    Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief The Lancet

    ~~~~ Twitter:@GertvanderHoek ~~~ GertvanderHoek@gmail.com ~~~

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