Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jun 2007)

Reemergence of Oropouche Fever, Northern Brazil

  • Raimunda do Socorro da Silva Azevedo,
  • Márcio Roberto Teixeira Nunes,
  • Jannifer Oliveira Chiang,
  • Gilberta Bensabath,
  • Helena Baldez Vasconcelos,
  • Ana Yecê das Neves Pinto,
  • Lívia Carício Martins,
  • Hamilton Antônio de Oliveira Monteiro,
  • Sueli Guerreiro Rodrigues,
  • Pedro F.C. Vasconcelos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1306.061114
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 6
pp. 912 – 912

Abstract

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Oropouche fever has reemerged in Parauapebas and Porto de Moz municipalities, Pará State, Brazil. Serologic analysis (immunoglobulin M–ELISA) and virus isolation confirmed Oropouche virus (OROV) in both municipalities. Nucleotide sequencing of 2 OROV isolates from each location indicated genotypes I (Parauapebas) and II (Porto de Moz) in Brazil.

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