Family Cluster of Mayaro Fever, Venezuela

A cluster of protracted migratory polyarthritis involving four adult family members occurred in January 2000 after a brief overnight outing in a rural area of Venezuela. Laboratory testing demonstrated Mayaro virus as the cause of the cluster. These results documented the first human cases of Mayaro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Torres, Jaime R., Russell, Kevin L., Vasquez, Clovis, Tesh, Robert B., Salas, Rosalba, Watts, Douglas M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3098555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15324555
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1007.030860
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Sumario:A cluster of protracted migratory polyarthritis involving four adult family members occurred in January 2000 after a brief overnight outing in a rural area of Venezuela. Laboratory testing demonstrated Mayaro virus as the cause of the cluster. These results documented the first human cases of Mayaro virus in Venezuela.

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