Abstract
To the Editor: Mayaro virus (MAYV), a mosquito-borne New World alphavirus of the family Togaviridae, causes a febrile arthralgia syndrome resembling dengue and chikungunya fever. The virus is maintained in a natural cycle involving nonhuman primates and Haemagogus spp. mosquitoes in tropical rainforest areas of South America (1). After an incubation time of 7–12 days following an infectious mosquito bite, rash, fever, headache, and arthralgia develop in patients, followed by restoration to their original conditions after several weeks (1).
Highlights
We describe an acute Mayaro virus (MAYV) infection in a German traveler who returned from French Guiana
Full-length MAYV genome amplification was performed on virus obtained from a serum sample of the patient
The serum sample was used to obtain the complete MAYV genome sequence by using primers designed from multiple alignments of the MAYV genomes obtained from databases. (Primer sequences used are available on request.) The complete MAYV genome was amplified from the serum sample, and phylogenetic analysis of a 2-kb genomic fragment showed that strain BNI-1 belonged to genotype D [9] and is closely related to strains circulating in Brazil (Figure, http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/EID/ article/20/7/14-0043-F1.htm)
Summary
Prospective longitudinal study of rotavirus infections in children from birth to two years of age in Central Africa. 5. Ndze VN, Akum AE, Kamga GH, Enjema LE, Esona MD, Banyai K, et al Epidemiology of rotavirus diarrhea in children under 5 years in northern Cameroon. To the Editor: Mayaro virus (MAYV), a mosquito-borne New World alphavirus of the family Togaviridae, causes a febrile arthralgia syndrome resembling dengue and chikungunya fever.
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