Mayaro virus: A new human disease agent. II. Isolation from blood of patients in Trinidad, B.W.I

ABSTRACT

A new agent, named Mayaro virus, was isolated from the blood of five human beings in Trinidad, B.W.I., during August and September of 1954. The disease was mild to moderately severe febrile illness of short duration. The virus was pathogenic for infant mice but not adult mice intracerebral inoculation. (Summary)