Mayaro fever. A threat to human health

Abstract

At present, many re-emerging diseases affect humans. Although they were believed to have been eradicated in certain regions of the world, many of them have reemerged. The Mayaro virus was isolated for the first time in 1957 on the island of Trinidad and Tobago, but it was not until 1997 that the first case was reported in Ecuador; 22 years later, in 2019 there was an outbreak of the disease again, with the report of five cases in four different provinces. However, America is not the only continent affected by this virus; tourism has contributed to Mayaro virus spread to different countries of the old world such as Holland, France, Germany, Switzerland and China. This research work was aimed at establishing the main aspects of Mayaro fever to provide the necessary information on its history, transmission and treatment to achieve prevention in countries where the disease is relatively new and few people know about it, thus avoiding preventable deaths.