Reemergence of Oropouche Fever, Northern Brazil

• DOI: 10.3201/eid1306.061114
• Publication Date: 2012-05-08T16:24:35Z
• Authors: Raimunda do Socor...; Márcio Roberto Te...; Jannifer Oliveira...; Gilberta Bensabath; Helena Baldez Vas...; Ana Yecê das Neve...; Lívia Carício Mar...; Hamilton Antônio ...; Sueli Guerreiro R...; Pedro Fernando da...
• Keywords: Male; Adolescent; Genotype; Molecular Sequence Data; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Oropouche fever; Bunyaviridae Infections; Communicable Diseases, Emerging; Disease Outbreaks; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Humans; Child; Phylogeny; reemergence; R; Dispatch; Infant; Simbu virus; dispatch; Brazilian Amazon; 3. Good health; outbreaks; Child, Preschool; Medicine; Female; Brazil

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.