VirusesOropouche virus (OROV) is an emerging arbovirus endemic in Latin America and the Caribbean that causes Oropouche fever, a febrile illness that clinically resembles some other arboviral infections.
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VirusesThe discovery that the Oropouche virus (OROV) can be transmitted vertically from an infected pregnant mother to the fetus, resulting in fetal and placental OROV infection, miscarriage, stillbirth, and congenital malformations including microcephaly, has ...
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Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Chimeras Expressing the Oropouche Virus Glycoproteins Elicit Protective Immune Responses in Mice [PDF]
mBio, 2021 Oropouche virus (OROV) infection of humans is associated with a debilitating febrile illness that can progress to meningitis or encephalitis. First isolated from a forest worker in Trinidad and Tobago in 1955, the arbovirus OROV has since been detected ...
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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
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Transmission risk of Oropouche fever across the Americas [PDF]
Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2023 Background Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) are important contributors to the global burden of infectious diseases due to their epidemic potential, which can result in significant population and economic impacts.
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Case series of Oropouche fever among travellers returning from Cuba to Spain, 2024
EurosurveillanceOropouche fever is a vector-borne disease endemic in Central and South America. Infection with Oropouche virus (OROV) was confirmed in June and July 2024 in 13 patients travelling from Cuba to Spain.
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Protein-based tools for the detection and characterisation of Oropouche virus infection [PDF]
EMBO Molecular MedicineOropouche fever is a neglected tropical disease caused by the orthobunyavirus Oropouche virus (OROV). A recent OROV epidemic caused by a novel reassortant has seen infections across an expanded geographical range, with deaths of healthy adults plus ...
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Spread of Oropouche Virus into the Central Nervous System in Mouse
Viruses, 2014 Oropouche virus (OROV) is an important cause of arboviral illness in Brazil and other Latin American countries, with most cases clinically manifested as acute febrile illness referred to as Oropouche fever, including myalgia, headache, arthralgia and ...
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Neural cells are susceptible to historic and recently emerged Oropouche virus strains. [PDF]
PLoS PathogensOropouche fever is a re-emerging global viral threat caused by infection with Oropouche virus (OROV). While disease is generally self-limiting, historical and recent reports of neurologic involvement highlight the importance of understanding the ...
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Susceptibility of Livestock, Wildlife, and Domestic Host Species Cells to the 2022–2025 Reassortant Oropouche Virus [PDF]
PathogensOropouche virus (OROV) is an emerging zoonotic arthropod-borne virus of public health importance. The host range of OROV is largely unknown, but antibody evidence suggests that wildlife and livestock species could be susceptible hosts.
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