Publications

an outbreak of mayaro virus disease in belterra, brazil. i. clinical and virological findings.	an outbreak of human illness caused by mayaro (may) virus occurred in belterra, pará, brazil in the first half of 1978. a total of 55 cases were confirmed, 43 by virus isolation and serology, and 12 by serology alone. the disease in belterra presented as a distinct clinical syndrome characterized by fever, arthralgia and exanthema. no fatalities could be attributed to may virus infection. arthralgia, accompanied by joint edema in 20% of cases, was a very prominent sign which caused temporary inc ...	1981	6266263
an outbreak of mayaro virus disease in belterra, brazil. ii. epidemiology.	epidemiological investigations of an outbreak of mayaro (may) virus which occurred inthe rural village of belterra, pará, brazil are reported. human cases were first recorded in december 1977 and continued through june 1978. approximately 20% of the more than 4,000 persons resident in belterra were infected, and a very high proportion of those infected suffered overt clinical illness. cases were identified in all areas of belterra and among all age groups; however, the greatest number of cases w ...	1981	6266264
an outbreak of mayaro virus disease in belterra, brazil. iii. entomological and ecological studies.	results in entomological and vertebrate host investigations made during dual outbreaks of mayaro (may) and yellow fever (yf) viruses in belterra, pará, brazil in 1978 are reported. over 9,000 insects representing 26 species were assayed in 396 pools for the presence of arboviruses. pools of haemagogus janthinomys dyar yielded the only isolates of either may or yf virus. the minimum field infection rate for nine isolates of may virus from hg. janthinomys was 1:82, and for two isolates of yf virus ...	1981	6266265