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Oropouche Virus–Associated Aseptic Meningoencephalitis, Southeastern Brazil
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019 Oropouche fever is a neglected arthropodborne disease and zoonosis responsible for several outbreaks of a febrile disease in Central and South America. We present a clinical case of aseptic meningoencephalitis in an immunocompetent patient that resulted ...
Sebastian Vernal +2 more
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Replication-Competent Oropouche Virus in Semen of Traveler Returning to Italy from Cuba, 2024
Emerging Infectious DiseasesA febrile man in Italy who had traveled to Cuba in July 2024 was diagnosed with Oropouche fever. Reverse transcription PCR detected prolonged shedding of Oropouche virus RNA in whole blood, serum, urine, and semen.
Concetta Castilletti +5 more
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Exploring Quercetin Hydrate’s Potential as an Antiviral Treatment for Oropouche Virus
Biophysica, 2023 The Oropouche virus is an orthobunyavirus responsible for causing Oropouche fever, a disease that primarily affects thousands of people in South and Central America. Currently, no specific antiviral treatments or vaccines are available against this virus,
Gabriela de Lima Menezes +10 more
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Oropouche Virus Isolation, Southeast Brazil
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005 An Oropouche virus strain was isolated from a novel host (Callithrix sp.) in Arinos, Minas Gerais State, southeastern Brazil. The virus was identified by complement fixation test and confirmed by reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction ...
Márcio Roberto Teixeira Nunes +6 more
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Isolation of Oropouche Virus from Febrile Patient, Ecuador [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018 We report identification of an Oropouche virus strain in a febrile patient from Ecuador by using metagenomic sequencing and real-time reverse transcription PCR. Virus was isolated from patient serum by using Vero cells. Phylogenetic analysis of the whole-
Emma L. Wise +9 more
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Molecular Epidemiology of Oropouche Virus, Brazil
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011 Oropouche virus (OROV) is the causative agent of Oropouche fever, an urban febrile arboviral disease widespread in South America, with >30 epidemics reported in Brazil and other Latin American countries during 1960–2009.
Helena Baldez Vasconcelos +7 more
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Oropouche Virus: More Questions than Answers [PDF]
ZoonosesOropouche virus (genus Orthobunyavirus , family Peribunyaviridae ) is an arthropod-borne virus that infects several species of animals and humans, primarily in South America.
Eduardo Jurado-Cobena
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Vegetation loss and the 2016 Oropouche fever outbreak in Peru
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo CruzBACKGROUND Oropouche virus causes Oropouche fever, an arboviral disease transmitted mainly by midges of the genus Culicoides and Culex mosquitoes. Clinical presentation of Oropouche fever in humans includes fever, headache, rash, myalgia, and in rare ...
Daniel Romero-Alvarez, Luis E Escobar
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Oropouche virus cases identified in Ecuador using an optimised qRT-PCR informed by metagenomic sequencing. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020 Oropouche virus (OROV) is responsible for outbreaks of Oropouche fever in parts of South America. We recently identified and isolated OROV from a febrile Ecuadorian patient, however, a previously published qRT-PCR assay did not detect OROV in the patient
Emma L Wise +13 more
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Addressing the emerging threat of Oropouche virus: implications and public health responses for healthcare systems [PDF]
Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and VaccinesOropouche fever is an increasingly significant health concern in tropical and subtropical areas of South and Central America, and is primarily spread by midge vectors.
Olalekan John Okesanya +10 more
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