A silent public health threat: emergence of Mayaro virus and co-infection with Dengue in Peru

• Autores: Aguilar-Luis, Miguel Angel, del Valle-Mendoza, Juana, Sandoval, Isabel, Silva-Caso, Wilmer, Mazulis, Fernando, Carrillo-Ng, Hugo, Tarazona-Castro, Yordi, Martins-Luna, Johanna, Aquino-Ortega, Ronald, Peña-Tuesta, Isaac, Cornejo-Tapia, Angela, Del Valle, Luis J.
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2021
• Institución: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas
• Repositorio: UPC-Institucional
• Lenguaje: inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorioacademico.upc.edu.pe:10757/655809
• Enlace del recurso: http://hdl.handle.net/10757/655809
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Alphavirus; Arbovirus; Dengue; Mayaro virus; PCR; Peru

Objective: To describe frequency and clinical characteristics of MAYV infection in Piura, as well as the association of this pathogen with DENV. Results: A total of 86/496 (17.3%) cases of MAYV were detected, of which 54 were MAYV mono-infection and 32 were co-infection with DENV, accounting for 10.9% and 6.4%, respectively. When evaluating monoinfection by MAYV the main groups were 18–39 and 40–59 years old, with 25.9% and 20.4% respectively. Co-infections were more common in the age group 18–39 and those > 60 years old, with 34.4% and 21.9%, respectively. The most frequent clinical presentation were headaches (94.4%, 51/54) followed by arthralgias (77.8%, 42/54). During the 8-month study period the most cases were identified in the months of May (29.1%) and June (50.0%).