Mayaro Virus in Wild Mammals, French Guiana

A serologic survey for Mayaro virus (Alphavirus, Togaviridae) in 28 wild nonflying forest mammal species in French Guiana showed a prevalence ranging from 0% to 52% and increasing with age. Species active during the day and those who spent time in trees were significantly more infected, results cons...

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Autores principales: de Thoisy, Benoît, Gardon, Jacques, Salas, Rosa Alba, Morvan, Jacques, Kazanji, Mirdad
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3033094/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14609474
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0910.030161
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Sumario:A serologic survey for Mayaro virus (Alphavirus, Togaviridae) in 28 wild nonflying forest mammal species in French Guiana showed a prevalence ranging from 0% to 52% and increasing with age. Species active during the day and those who spent time in trees were significantly more infected, results consistent with transmission implicating diurnal mosquitoes and continuous infectious pressure.

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