Radboud University Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Radboud University Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
J Clin Virol. 2014 Jul;60(3):317-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2014.04.020. Epub 2014 May 6.
The 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games will attract large groups of visitors to Brazil. These visitors will be at risk for different arboviral infections, some of which not well known outside endemic areas. We report a case of a 52-year-old Dutch woman who presented with persistent arthralgia due to a Mayaro virus (MAYV) infection which she contracted in the Amazon basin in Brazil. MAYV is a mosquito-borne alphavirus which primarily circulates in humid tropical forests of South America. Infections are rarely reported in travelers and are characterized by an acute febrile illness which is often followed by a prolonged and sometimes incapacitating polyarthralgia. Both travelers and physicians should be aware of the risk of these arboviral infections and the importance of mosquito bite prevention should be stressed.
2014 年国际足联世界杯和 2016 年奥运会将吸引大批游客前往巴西。这些游客将面临不同的虫媒病毒感染风险，其中一些在流行地区以外并不为人所知。我们报告了一名 52 岁荷兰妇女的病例，她因在巴西亚马逊流域感染马亚罗病毒（MAYV）而出现持续性关节痛。MAYV 是一种蚊媒甲病毒，主要在南美洲潮湿的热带森林中传播。旅行者中很少有感染的报道，其特征是急性发热性疾病，随后常伴有长时间且有时使人丧失能力的多发性关节炎。旅行者和医生都应该意识到这些虫媒病毒感染的风险，应该强调预防蚊虫叮咬的重要性。
