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Rhesus macaques model human Mayaro virus disease and transmit to <i>Aedes aegypti</i> mosquitoes

2025-04-16

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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> <h4>Background</h4> Mayaro virus (MAYV) is a mosquito-borne alphavirus endemic to Latin America that causes fever and arthritis. Unlike the related chikungunya virus, MAYV has not caused widespread, human-amplified epidemics. One possible explanation is that human viremia levels are too low to support transmission to urban Aedes ( Stegomyia ) aegypti mosquitoes. We used rhesus macaques (RM)...

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2d2d1758-217a-5c16-adc7-4a91c09af3bb
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10.1101/2025.04.16.649064
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