Mayaro Virus: A New Human Disease Agent
- 1 November 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 6 (6) , 1012-1016
- https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1957.6.1012
Abstract
Summary A new agent, named Mayaro virus, was isolated from the blood of five human beings in Trinidad, B.W.I., during August and September of 1954. The disease was a mild to moderately severe febrile illness of short duration. The virus was pathogenic for infant mice but not for adult mice on intracerebral inoculation.Keywords
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