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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGY
Volume 60, Issue 3, Pages 317-319Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2014.04.020
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Mayaro virus; Alphavirus; Traveler; Arthralgia; Brazil; 2014 FIFA World Cup
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The 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games will attract large groups of visitors to Brazil. These visitors will be at risk for different arboviral infections, some of which not well known outside endemic areas. We report a case of a 52-year-old Dutch woman who presented with persistent arthralgia due to a Mayaro virus (MAW) infection which she contracted in the Amazon basin in Brazil. MAW is a mosquitoborne alphavirus which primarily circulates in humid tropical forests of South America. Infections are rarely reported in travelers and are characterized by an acute febrile illness which is often followed by a prolonged and sometimes incapacitating polyarthralgia. Both travelers and physicians should be aware of the risk of these arboviral infections and the importance of mosquito bite prevention should be stressed. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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