Abstract
Arboviruses impose a serious threat to
public health services. We
report a case of a
patient returning from a
work trip to the
Amazon basin with
myalgia,
arthralgia,
fever, and
headache. During this
travel, the
patient visited riverside
communities. Both
dengue and
Chikungunya fevers were first suspected, tested for, and excluded. Mayaro
fever was then confirmed by
reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction followed by
next-generation sequencing and
phylogenetic reconstruction. The increased
awareness of
physicians and consequent
detection of Mayaro
virus in this case was only possible due a previous
surveillance program with specific
health personnel training about these neglected
arboviruses.