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Oropouche virus: poised for headlines? [PDF]

The Biochemist, 2017
Oropouche virus (OROV) is a midge-borne human pathogen that causes periodic outbreaks of a flulike illness predominately in the Northern parts of Brazil. However, despite its significant public health importance in Central and South America the virus remains rather obscure to the rest of the world.
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Multiplexed reverse transcription real-time polymerase chain reaction for simultaneous detection of Mayaro, Oropouche, and Oropouche-like viruses

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
We describe a sensitive method for simultaneous detection of Oropouche and Oropouche-like viruses carrying the Oropouche S segment, as well as the Mayaro virus, using a multiplexed one-step reverse transcription real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT ...
Felipe Gomes Naveca, Valdinete Alves do Nascimento, Victor Costa de Souza, Bruno Tardelli Diniz Nunes, Daniela Sueli Guerreiro Rodrigues, Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos   +5 more
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MicroRNA and cellular targets profiling reveal miR-217 and miR-576-3p as proviral factors during Oropouche infection.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
Oropouche Virus is the etiological agent of an arbovirus febrile disease that affects thousands of people and is widespread throughout Central and South American countries.
Victor Emmanuel Viana Geddes, Anibal Silva de Oliveira, Amilcar Tanuri, Eurico Arruda, Marcelo Ribeiro-Alves, Renato Santana Aguiar   +5 more
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Clinical, Serological, and Molecular Profile of Dengue Patients With Warning Signs During the 2024 Outbreak in Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Journal of Medical Virology, Volume 98, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Dengue poses a significant arboviral threat in Brazil, with 2024 recording the largest outbreak to date. This prospective observational study was conducted during the 2024 outbreak with unvaccinated patients at Eduardo de Menezes Hospital, Belo Horizonte.
Samille Henriques Pereira, Ana Paula Moreira Franco‐Luiz, Camila Tita Nogueira, Guilherme Otávio Varino Cornélio, Adelina Machado de Carvalho Nogueira, Vírginia Antunes de Andrade, Silvia Hees de Carvalho, Karen Cecília de Lima Torres, Vanessa Peruhype‐Magalhães, Olindo Assis Martins‐Filho, Jordana Grazziela Alves Coelho‐dos‐Reis, Andréa Teixeira‐Carvalho, Flávio Guimarães da Fonseca, Pedro Augusto Alves   +13 more
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Maternal and Fetal Implications of Oropouche Fever, Espírito Santo State, Brazil, 2024

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Reemergence of Oropouche fever in Brazil raises concerns about potential risks for infection in pregnancy. We describe a case series of Oropouche fever in pregnant women and their neonates in Espírito Santo State, Brazil, in 2024.
João Paulo Cola, Ana Paula Brioschi dos Santos, Raphael Lubiana Zanotti, Adriana Endlich da Silva Dela Costa, Karina Bertazo Del Carro, Lesliane de Amorim Lacerda Coelho, Angelica Espinosa Miranda, Creuza Rachel Vicente   +7 more
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Navigating the Public Health Challenges of 2024: A Multisectoral Approach to Global Health Resilience, Equity, and Innovation

Advances in Public Health, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
The global public health landscape in 2024 is defined by overlapping crises that strain health systems, deepen inequities, and demand urgent multisectoral responses. This comprehensive review examines the critical intersection of these challenges.
Olalekan John Okesanya, Jerico Bautista Ogaya, Mohamed Mustaf Ahmed, Md Faiazul Haque Lamem, Tolga Kab, Yasir Ahmed Mohammed Elhadi, Shuaibu Saidu Musa, Gilbert Eshun, Tolutope Adebimpe Oso, Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno III, Hannah Wesley   +10 more
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Geographic Expansion of Oropouche Fever Into Non‐Endemic Regions of Brazil: Implications for Health Surveillance

Journal of Medical Virology, Volume 97, Issue 12, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Oropouche fever is an arboviral disease caused by the Oropouche virus (OROV; Peribunyaviridae family), first identified in Brazil in 1960. This study aims to describe the epidemiological profile and spatio‐temporal dispersion of Oropouche fever cases across Brazil in 2024.
Rafael Pedro de Souza Nascimento, Paula Esbaltar de Oliveira, Adeilton Gonçalves da Silva Junior, Riana Oliveira Fernandes Amorim, Cleison Keulys dos Santos Silva, Daniela Silva Santos, Lethícia Lohane Almeida Barros, Hernany Fabricio de Novaes Menezes, Anderson da Costa Armstrong, Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo, Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza   +10 more
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Vigilância sorológica para arbovírus em Juruti, Pará, Brasil Serological survey for arboviruses in Juruti, Pará State, Brazil

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2009
O objetivo foi avaliar a prevalência de anticorpos para arbovírus na área de influência do Projeto Juruti antes da exploração mineral local. Foram examinados 1.597 soros humanos e 85 de animais silvestres.
Ana Cecilia Ribeiro Cruz, Assis do Socorro Correa dos Prazeres, Eliana Colares Gama, Maxwell Furtado de Lima, Raimunda do Socorro Silva Azevedo, Lívia Medeiros Neves Casseb, Joaquim Pinto Nunes Neto, Lívia Carício Martins, Jannifer Oliveira Chiang, Sueli Guerreiro Rodrigues, Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos   +10 more
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Discovery of a new inland population of Leptoconops noei in Italy with sequencing of the first complete mitochondrial genome for the genus

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Volume 39, Issue 4, Page 817-828, December 2025.
The genus Leptoconops is poorly investigated, despite its ecological relevance and biting nuisance. The studies in Italy focused only on the coastal areas. Inland populations of Leptoconops noei are documented for the first time in Italy. We record their presence in an area covering Siena district, Tuscany region, in an atypical environment for the ...
Giovanni Naro, Gianluca Lombardo, Alessandro Alvaro, Laura Soresinetti, Francesco Frati, Luigi Marvasi, Emanuele Montomoli, Claudio Bandi, Paolo Gabrieli, Carlo Polidori, Sara Epis   +10 more
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Vegetation loss and the 2016 Oropouche fever outbreak in Peru

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
BACKGROUND 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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