Mayaro virus in Latin America and the Caribbean

• Published in: Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
• Main Authors: Niloofar Ganjian, Ana Riviere-Cinnamond
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Pan American Health Organization 2020
• Subjects: disease outbreaks; arboviruses; infection; latin america; west indies; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Argentina; Trinidad
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2020.14; https://doaj.org/article/74196fe8536a491ea2704f3d52bba09c

Objectives. To assess the distribution of Mayaro virus (MAYV) in Latin America and the Caribbean and evaluate existing country-level MAYV surveillance mechanisms. Methods. Research was conducted from May 2018 through May 2019 to collect data from academic literature on Mayaro fever in Latin America...