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

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. · Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC) (2021) · DOI: 10.1186/s13104-021-05444-8

Resumen

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%).

Instituciones: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas