Mayaro virus: the jungle flu

Figures & data

Figure 1 First laboratory-confirmed case of Mayaro disease in Ecuador.

Note: This patient is a native of Montalvo, a community in the Amazonian basin located in Pastaza province.

Figure 2 Geographical distribution of Mayaro virus outbreaks.

Note: Data from these studies.^{7,24,28,31,43,49,51,64,65}

Table 1 Mayaro virus fever import/export events by year of event

Year of event	Exporting country/region	Importing country	Reference
1996	Peru	USA	49
1997	Peru	USA	49
2008	Suriname	The Netherlands	17
2010	Brazil	France	37
2011	Peru	Switzerland	41
2012	Bolivia	Germany	6
2013	French Guiana	Germany	39
2013	Brazil	The Netherlands	40
2014	Bolivia	Germany	38
2014	Ecuador	Germany	38
2015	French Guiana	France	36

Figure 3 Proposed Mayaro virus transmission cycles for northern South America. Dashed boxes represent mosquito vectors for the virus.

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