Emerging Infectious Diseases (Nov 2024)

Fatal Oropouche Virus Infections in Nonendemic Region, Brazil, 2024

  • Antonio Carlos Bandeira,
  • Felicidade Mota Pereira,
  • Arabela Leal,
  • Sara P.O. Santos,
  • Ana Claudia Barbosa,
  • Marcia Sao Pedro Leal Souza,
  • Daniele Ribeiro de Souza,
  • Natalia Guimaraes,
  • Vagner Fonseca,
  • Marta Giovanetti,
  • Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara,
  • André Alvarez A. Lessa,
  • Ramon Costa Saavedra,
  • Luiz Marcelo R. Tomé,
  • Felipe Campos M. Iani,
  • Rivia Mary Barros,
  • Sandra Maria O. Purificação,
  • Jaciara Prado de Jesus,
  • Ricardo Rosário Fonseca,
  • Marcio Luis Valença Araújo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3011.241132
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 11
pp. 2370 – 2374

Abstract

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We report acute Oropouche virus infections in 2 previously healthy women from a nonendemic region of Brazil outside the Amazon Basin. Infections rapidly progressed to hemorrhagic manifestations and fatal outcomes in 4–5 days. These cases highlight the critical need for enhanced surveillance to clarify epidemiology of this neglected disease.

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