Other Human Disease -- Brazil
In 2016, 5 cases of Mayaro virus [infection] were detected in patients residing in Amazonas [state]. The virus is transmitted by _Haemagogus janthinomys_, a forest mosquito native to the Amazon region, that causes a disease similar to chikungunya [virus infection]. Recent research discovered the possibility that the virus can also be transmitted by urban vectors such as _Aedes aegypti_.
According to the Fundação de Medicina Tropical [researcher] Dr Heitor Vieira Dourado (FMT-HVD), the 5
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