Reemergence of Oropouche Virus in the Americas and Risk for Spread in the United States and Its Territories, 2024

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 30; no. 11; pp. 2241 - 2249
• Main Authors: Guagliardo, Sarah Anne J., Connelly, C. Roxanne, Lyons, Shelby, Martin, Stacey W., Sutter, Rebekah, Hughes, Holly R., Brault, Aaron C., Lambert, Amy J., Gould, Carolyn V., Staples, J. Erin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.11.2024; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Americas - epidemiology; Animals; Arboviruses; Bunyaviridae Infections - epidemiology; Bunyaviridae Infections - transmission; Bunyaviridae Infections - virology; Communicable Diseases, Emerging - epidemiology; Communicable Diseases, Emerging - transmission; Communicable Diseases, Emerging - virology; Control; Dengue fever; Development and progression; Disease; Disease Outbreaks; Disease transmission; Distribution; Epidemics; Genomes; Guillain-Barre syndrome; Humans; Immunity (Disease); Infections; Microcephaly; Mosquitoes; Oropouche virus; Orthobunyavirus; Outbreaks; preparedness; Public health; Reemergence of Oropouche Virus in the Americas and Risk for Spread in the United States and Its Territories, 2024; response; Risk factors; RNA polymerase; South America - epidemiology; United States; United States - epidemiology; vector-borne infections; Viruses; South America; Americas; United States; Brazil; Cuba; United States > US; Latin America; viruses; vector-borne infections; preparedness; United States; response; Oropouche virus

Oropouche virus has recently caused outbreaks in South America and the Caribbean, expanding into areas to which the virus was previously not endemic. This geographic range expansion, in conjunction with the identification of vertical transmission and reports of deaths, has raised concerns about the...