VIRUS MAYARO, UN ALPHAVIRUS OLVIDADO EN COLOMBIA: POSIBLE EFECTO SOBRE LA SALUD PÚBLICA

Sobre el Mayaro virus poco se conoce sobre su transmisión y patogénesis. Se sabe que habita en diferentes zonas del hemisferio occidental y que es transmitido por los Aedes aegypti y albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae). Ya se han investigado escenarios donde su circulación puede superponerse y generar infecciones mixtas, y por ello ha ganado importancia en la salud pública, puesto que puede ocasionar alto riesgo de brotes con manifestaciones clínicas graves similares a la de los virus Zika, Chikungunya y el Dengue países como Trinidad, Brasil, México, Venezuela, Honduras, Salvador, Costa Rica, Panamá, Perú, Argentina, Surinam, Guyana, Venezuela, Ecuador y Bolivia. Colombia está expectante de una aparición concomitante junto con ZIKV y CHIKV. Se realizó una búsqueda exhaustiva en PubMed, Science Direct, Clinical Key y Ebsco sobre el Mayaro virus, epidemiología, su estructura molecular, ciclo de transmisión, sintomatología clínica, métodos diagnósticos, factores de riesgo, control y prevención, así como tratamiento actual, para conocer un panorama más amplio sobre su problemática. Palabras clave: salud pública; infecciones por alphavirus; medicina tropical. About Mayaro virus, there is currently little knowledge of its transmission and pathogenesis. It is known to inhabit different areas of the Western Hemisphere and is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti and albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae). Numerous authors have focused their research given coexistence in scenarios where the circulations of all these viruses can somehow overlap and generate mixed infections. This agent has been gaining prominence at the public health level, due to the possibility of causing high risk of outbreaks with serious clinical manifestations similar to that of Zika viruses, Chikungunya virus and Dengue, in several countries, such as Trinidad, Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, Honduras, Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Argentina, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia. Colombia is looking forward to a concomitant onset in the near future along with ZIKV and CHIKV. Taking into account the above, a thorough search was carried out of the existing literature, on Mayaro virus, its molecular structure, transmission cycle, clinical symptomatology, diagnostic methods, risk factors, control and prevention, as well as treatment, to learn a broader picture of the problem that lurks. All this, through search engines like PubMed, Science Direct, Clinical Key and Ebsco. Keywords: public health; alp