The Mayaro virus has arrived in Venezuela

This new virus is an endemic disease in Central America that, according to an epidemiologist, who reserved his name, "It did not happen in Venezuela, but thanks to the Venezuelan migratory flow, it has arrived and it is developing due to the lack of health conditions that we have"he assured.

As insured by the health care professional, the Mayaro is transmitted by the mosquito Aedes Aegypti (white legs), identical to the other three viruses, their symptoms are very similar.

After the bite of this infected insect, the virus enters the body and the first signs appear about three days after incubation.

The Mayaro virus seems to be a "dengue bobo", that is to say that it causes fever, rashes, that it is about diarrhea, vomiting, nasal mucus, coughing, vertigo and osteoarticular pain, but that it may even persist for 3 to 6 months. that's what distinguishes this virus, "described the epidemiologist.

Unlike chikungunya, "This affects the joints and the musculoskeletal system, the Mayaro virus reaches to further attack the joints and can even ignite them, which the chikungunya does not do at this level in the elbows, hips, wrist", assured the epidemiologist.

It is possible to predict the arrival of a virus with a base in epidemiological work, said the doctor. "We have been waiting for it since the middle of the year and it has crossed the front door. At the moment, it affects a lot thanks to the fact that the vector plays very fast"said the same epidemiologist.

In this regard, the State Secretary for Health of Zulia State, Omaira Prieto, said to have no "No information or bulletin of national epidemiology and in our state, no case has been reported"he assured. In addition, he pointed out that the latest reports on the virus had been established in 2010, but not in Zulia.

However, another medical source stated that "Where there is dengue, zika and chikungunya, the mayaro makes its appearance (…)".

According to the newspaper, it is only in the urgency of the adults of Chiquinquirá hospital, 80 patients, at least 30 They arrive with a general malaise. A doctor said Saturday that out of seven patients, three had a viral syndrome, which included fever and diarrhea.

The symptoms diminish quickly. Distress reduces its presence after 5 days, as well as mucus. The diarrhea lasts between one or two days. Joint pain is the last.

With information from: Panorama