Abstract
Mayaro virus (MAYV) disease is a mosquito-borne zoonosis endemic in humid forests of tropical South America. MAYV is closely related to other alphaviruses that produce a dengue-like illness accompanied by long-lasting arthralgia. A French tourist developed high-grade fever and severe joint manifestations following a 15-day trip in the Amazon basin, Brazil, and was diagnosed with MAYV infection in January 2010. This case is the first reported in a traveller returning from an endemic South American country to Europe.
Highlights
Mayaro virus (MAYV) is an arthropod-borne zoonotic pathogen circulating only in tropical South America [1]
We report the case of MAYV disease that recently occurred in a French citizen who presented with severe rheumatologic disorders after visiting the Brazilian Amazon
During the trip to the Amazon, he had taken doxycyclin as prophylaxis for malaria. When he presented to our centre on 5 January 2010, the patient complained of persistent headache, myalgia and severe symmetrical joint pains
Summary
Infection with Mayaro virus in a French traveller returning from the Amazon region, Brazil, January, 2010. Mayaro virus (MAYV) disease is a mosquito-borne zoonosis endemic in humid forests of tropical South America. A French tourist developed high-grade fever and severe joint manifestations following a 15-day trip in the Amazon basin, Brazil, and was diagnosed with MAYV infection in January 2010.
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