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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, Camila C.R. Martini, Benedito A.L. da Fonseca   +2 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, Marielena Vogel Saivish, Lívia Sacchetto, Gislaine Celestino Dutra da Silva, Igor da Silva Teixeira, Natalia Franco Bueno Mistrão, Maurício Lacerda Nogueira, Jonas Ivan Nobre Oliveira, Katyanna Sales Bezerra, Roosevelt Alves da Silva, Umberto Laino Fulco   +10 more
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Oropouche virus: A re-emerging arbovirus of clinical significance [PDF]

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Contains fulltext : 313743.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
Desai, A.N., Otter, A., Koopmans, M., Granata, G., Grobusch, M.P., Tunali, V., Astorri, R., Jokelainen, P., Greub, G., Ergönül, Ö., Valdoleiros, S.R., Rovers, C.P., Caro, A.D., Pisapia, R., Fusco, F.M., Vale, APD, Krogfelt, K.A., Petersen, E., Atkinson, B.   +18 more
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Epidemia de febre do Oropouche em Serra Pelada, município de Curionópolis, Pará, 1994

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 1996
No final de novembro de 1994, o Instituto Evandro Chagas (IEC), Belém, Pará, foi notificado de um surto de doença febril na população do garimpo de Serra Pelada, município de Curionôpolis (5°35'S; 49°30'W), no Estado do Pará.
Amélia P.A.T. Rosa, Sueli G. Rodrigues, Márcio R.T. Nunes, Mioni T.F. Magalhães, Jorge F.S.T. Rosa, Pedro F.C. Vasconcelos   +5 more
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Oropouche virus causes acute hepatitis in mice controlled by type I interferons

Journal of Virology
Oropouche virus (OROV), a member of the Peribunyaviridae family endemic to South America, is a current public health threat. The recent OROV outbreak driven by a novel reassortant strain has caused a dramatic increase in cases in 2024 (13,785 in Brazil ...
Cade E. Sterling, Rachael E. Rush, Jackson J. McGaughey, Brooke A. Snow, Alexandra J. Benton, W. Paul Duprex, Gaya K. Amarasinghe, Satdarshan P. Monga, Amy L. Hartman   +8 more
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Iquitos Virus in Traveler Returning to the United States from Ecuador

Emerging Infectious Diseases
We describe the case of a returned traveler to the United States from Ecuador who had an acute febrile illness, initially diagnosed as Oropouche fever. This illness was later confirmed to be a rare infection with Iquitos virus, a related bunyavirus that
Katherine Baer, Itika Arora, Jayden Kimbro, Ali Haider, Michelle Mott, Kyleigh Marshall, Henry M. Wu, Jessica Fairley, Anne Piantadosi, David R. Myers, Jesse J. Waggoner   +10 more
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An international study on emerging arboviral infections and blood safety

Transfusion, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Emerging and re‐emerging arboviral infections are a risk to blood safety. We conducted an international survey on how blood establishments respond to current and future arbovirus threats. Study Design and Methods A questionnaire on arbovirus donor deferral strategies, pathogen reduction, and donation screening was distributed to ...
Piya Rajendra, Helen M. Faddy, Daniel Candotti, Carolina B. Bub, Jose M. Kutner, Steven J. Drews, Carmen L. Charlton, Sheila F. O'Brien, Wai‐Chiu Tsoi, Michel‐Andres Garcia‐Otalora, Claire Reynolds, Tuulia Palukka, Riikka Lehtisalo, Ruth Offergeld, Axel Seltsam, Marijke Weber‐Schehl, Nahid Chenarsabz, Naoko Goto, Sung‐Chan Park, So‐Yong Kwon, Ryanne Lieshout‐Krikke, Aneta Kopacz, Ewa Sulkowska, Oana‐Alexandra Șerban, Simona Ruta, Eugene Zhiburt, Maha Badawi, Josephine Mitchel, Ute Jentsch, Ángel Luis Pajares Herraiz, Ana Lafuente Guijosa, Gülşen Özkaya Şahin, Christoph Niederhauser, Marion C. Lanteri, Brian Custer, Galen Conti, Anthea Cheng, Shannah Secret, Peter Simmonds, Heli Harvala, on behalf of the Virology subgroup of the ISBT WP‐TTID   +40 more
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Co-Circulation of 2 Oropouche Virus Lineages during Outbreak, Amazon Region of Peru, 2023–2024

Emerging Infectious Diseases
We describe introduction of the 2022–2023 Oropouche virus lineage from Brazil, which has caused large-scale outbreaks throughout Brazil, into the Amazon Region of Peru. This lineage is co-circulating with another lineage that was circulating previously.
Cristhopher D. Cruz, Victoria Espejo, Angelica Espinoza, Roger M. Castillo-Oré, Gilda Troncos, Julia S. Ampuero, Maria E. Silva   +6 more
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Update of the list of qualified presumption of safety (QPS) recommended microbiological agents intentionally added to food or feed as notified to EFSA 24: Suitability of taxonomic units notified to EFSA until March 2026

EFSA Journal, Volume 24, Issue 7, July 2026.
Abstract The Qualified Presumption of Safety (QPS) process was developed to provide a harmonised safety assessment approach to support EFSA Scientific Panels and Units. The QPS approach assesses the taxonomic identity, body of knowledge and safety of microorganisms intentionally added to the food and feed chain.
EFSA Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ), Ana Allende, Avelino Alvarez‐Ordóñez, Valeria Bortolaia, Sara Bover‐Cid, Alessandra De Cesare, Wietske Dohmen, Laurent Guillier, Liesbeth Jacxsens, Maarten Nauta, Lapo Mughini‐Gras, Jakob Ottoson, Luisa Peixe, Fernando Perez‐Rodriguez, Panagiotis Skandamis, Elisabetta Suffredini, Marianne Chemaly, Pier Sandro Cocconcelli, Pablo Salvador Fernández Escámez, Miguel Prieto Maradona, Amparo Querol, Lolke Sijtsma, Ingvar Sundh, Fulvio Barizzone, Marta Bisaschi, Sandra Correia, Lieve Herman   +26 more
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Oropouche Fever, Cuba, May 2024

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Phylogenetic analyses showed that the virus responsible for a May 2024 Oropouche fever outbreak in Cuba was closely related to viruses from Brazil in 2023. Pools of Ceratopogonidae spp.
Ana Julia Benitez, Mayling Alvarez, Lissette Perez, Rosario Gravier, Silvia Serrano, Denelsys Milagro Hernandez, Melissa Maria Perez, Gladys Gutierrez-Bugallo, Yanet Martinez, Ariamys Companioni, Carilda Peña, Jose Raul de Armas, Dayana Couto, Iliovanys Betancourt I, Madelaine Rivera Sanchez, Sonia Resik, Vivian Kouri, Maria G. Guzman   +17 more
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