A tiny insect called a midge spreads the disease, and the earliest known case dates back to 1955 in a forest worker near a ...

The sudden surge of the Oropouche virus in 2023, infecting 23,000 people, has raised concerns about a potential large-scale ...

The resurfacing of a 70-year-old disease has become a cause of public concern with 23,000 confirmed cases. Here is what you ...

While the overall mortality of Oropouche fever is low (case fatality rate [CFR] = ~0.02%), its travel-assisted high potential transmission rate and potential neurological and congenital impacts ...

Avariant of the Oropouche (Orov) virus, which causes Oropouche fever, identified in January in the northern region of Brazil, may be responsible for the current spread of the disease throughout the ...

Background Oropouche fever is a tropical viral infection caused by the arthropod-transmitted (arbovirus) OROV. First discovered in Trinidad in 1955, the virus generally infects sloths, non-human ...

I n recent years, South America has seen the rise of a relatively old but unknown virus that could prove deadly in future ...

At the same time, countries in Latin America are dealing with their own outbreaks of measles and dengue, and responding to the emergence of Oropouche, a viral infection that has quickly spread ...

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Nurse practitioner Nicky Burwood looks at the current outbreak of Oropouche fever in Latin America and what this means for travellers Key points, There has been a notable increase in the incidence and ...