Outbreak of Oropouche Virus in French Guiana

Outbreak of Oropouche Virus in French Guiana

Oropouche fever is a zoonotic dengue-like syndrome caused by Oropouche virus. In August-September 2020, dengue-like syndrome developed in 28 of 41 patients in a remote rainforest village in French Guiana. By PCR or microneutralization, 23 (82.1%) of 28 tested patients were positive for Oropouche vir...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging infectious diseases 2021-10, Vol.27 (10), p.2711-2714
Hauptverfasser: Gaillet, Melanie, Pichard, Clara, Restrepo, Johana, Lavergne, Anne, Perez, Lucas, Enfissi, Antoine, Abboud, Philippe, Lambert, Yann, Ma, Laurence, Monot, Marc, Demar, Magalie, Djossou, Felix, Servas, Veronique, Nacher, Mathieu, Andrieu, Audrey, Prudhomme, Julie, Michaud, Celine, Rousseau, Cyril, Jeanne, Isabelle, Duchemin, Jean-Bernard, Epelboin, Loic, Rousset, Dominique
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Sprache:eng
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arboviruses
Biodiversity
Bunyaviridae
Bunyaviridae Infections
Bunyaviridae Infections - epidemiology
Bunyaviruses
Care and treatment
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Dengue fever
dengue-like syndrome
Diagnosis
Disease Outbreaks
Dispatch
Distribution
emergent disease
Epidemics
French Guiana
French Guiana - epidemiology
Health aspects
Humans
Immunology
Infectious Diseases
Latin America
Life Sciences
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Microbiology and Parasitology
Mosquitoes
Original Research
Orthobunyavirus
Orthobunyavirus - genetics
Outbreak of Oropouche Virus in French Guiana
Populations and Evolution
Rainforests
RNA virus infections
Science & Technology
Vector-borne diseases
Virology
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Zusammenfassung:Oropouche fever is a zoonotic dengue-like syndrome caused by Oropouche virus. In August-September 2020, dengue-like syndrome developed in 28 of 41 patients in a remote rainforest village in French Guiana. By PCR or microneutralization, 23 (82.1%) of 28 tested patients were positive for Oropouche virus, documenting its emergence in French Guiana.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2710.204760