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Volume 32, Number 12—December 2026

Dispatch

Mayaro Virus Emergence and Genetic Dynamics, Peru

Lester J. Perez, Austin Hodges, Katherine Torres, Kenn Forberg, Sonja Weiss, Julie Yamaguchi, Maximillian Mata, Alonso Cruz-Echevarría, Diana Cubas, Freddy Alava, Dionicia Gamboa, Joseph M. Vinetz, Michael G. BergComments to Author , and Gavin A. Cloherty
Author affiliation: Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois, USA (L.J. Perez, A. Hodges, K. Forberg, S. Weiss, J. Yamaguchi, M. Mata, M.G. Berg, G.A. Cloherty); Abbott Pandemic Defense Coalition, Abbott Park (L.J. Perez, A. Hodges, K. Forberg, S. Weiss, J. Yamaguchi, M. Mata, M.G. Berg, G.A. Cloherty); Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru (K. Torres, A. Cruz-Echevarría, D. Cubas, F. Alava, D. Gamboa, J.M. Vinetz); Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Iquitos, Peru (F. Alava, D. Gamboa, J.M. Vinetz); Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (J.M. Vinetz)

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Table

Clinical manifestations and results of NGS and qRT-PCR for detected cases of Mayaro virus infection, Peru*

Sample ID Health facility NGS, % coverage qRT-PCR, Ct value Patient age, y/sex Clinical data
APDC040024 Zungarococha NA 28.81 16/M History of fever and chills, malaise, headache, fatigue, loss of appetite, back pain, abdominal pain, joint pain, nonproductive cough, nausea and vomiting, runny nose
APDC070024 San Lorenzo Health Post 64 29.20 19/F Malaise, abdominal pain
APDC070034 San Lorenzo Health Post 78 29.53 68/M History of fever and chills, malaise, headache, joint pain.
APDC070108 San Lorenzo Health Post 13 28.61 15/M History of fever and chills, malaise
APDC010152 Hospital de Apoyo de Iquitos 29 24.67 31/F History of fever and chills, headache, loss of appetite, joint pain, nausea and vomiting
APDC060121 Bellavista Nanay 100 24.43 17/F Malaise, loss of appetite, back pain, abdominal pain, joint pain, generalized weakness and paralysis

*Interval of collection for all samples was February–June 2024. Ct, cycle threshold; NA, not available; NGS, next-generation sequencing; qRT-PCR, quantitative reverse transcription PCR.

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