| evolutionary and ecological characterization of mayaro virus strains isolated during an outbreak, venezuela, 2010. | in 2010, an outbreak of febrile illness with arthralgic manifestations was detected at la estación village, portuguesa state, venezuela. the etiologic agent was determined to be mayaro virus (mayv), a reemerging south american alphavirus. a total of 77 cases was reported and 19 were confirmed as seropositive. mayv was isolated from acute-phase serum samples from 6 symptomatic patients. we sequenced 27 complete genomes representing the full spectrum of mayv genetic diversity, which facilitated de ... | 0 | 26401714 |