Mayaro fever in an HIV-infected patient suspected of having Chikungunya fever

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Cássia Fernanda Estofolete, Mânlio Tasso Oliveira Mota, Danila Vedovello, Delzi Vinha Nunes de Góngora, Irineu Luiz Maia, Maurício Lacerda Nogueira
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
• Subjects: Mayaro; Chikungunya; HIV; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0093-2016; https://doaj.org/article/95abdfa3e1dc43888f8e30ece846ba8a

Abstract Arboviruses impose a serious threat to public health services. We report a case of a patient returning from a work trip to the Amazon basin with myalgia, arthralgia, fever, and headache. During this travel, the patient visited riverside communities. Both dengue and Chikungunya fevers were first suspected, tested for, and excluded. Mayaro fever was then confirmed by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction followed by next-generation sequencing and phylogenetic reconstruction. The increased awareness of physicians and consequent detection of Mayaro virus in this case was only possible due a previous surveillance program with specific health personnel training about these neglected arboviruses.