Co-Circulation of 2 Oropouche Virus Lineages, Amazon Basin, Colombia, 2024

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 30; no. 11; pp. 2375 - 2380
• Main Authors: Usuga, Jaime, Limonta, Daniel, Perez-Restrepo, Laura S., Ciuoderis, Karl A., Moreno, Isabel, Arevalo, Angela, Vargas, Vanessa, Berg, Michael G., Cloherty, Gavin A., Hernandez-Ortiz, Juan P., Osorio, Jorge E.
• 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: Antigens; Arboviruses; Brazil - epidemiology; Bunyaviridae Infections - epidemiology; Bunyaviridae Infections - virology; Chikungunya virus; Co-Circulation of 2 Oropouche Virus Lineages, Amazon Basin, Colombia, 2024; Colombia - epidemiology; Control; Dengue fever; Disease Outbreaks; Dispatch; Distribution; DNA sequencing; Epidemics; Epidemiology; Expedited; fever; Genetic aspects; Genomes; Genomics; Global health; Hepatitis; Hospitals; Humans; lineages; Methods; Mutation; Nucleotide sequencing; Oropouche virus; Orthobunyavirus - classification; Orthobunyavirus - genetics; outbreak; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; reassortment; RNA polymerase; sequencing; Surveillance; Viral genetics; Zika virus; Brazil; Colombia; South America; Amazon Basin; Peru; Colombia; reassortment; viruses; fever; zoonoses; Leticia; sequencing; vector-borne infections; lineages; outbreak; Amazon Basin; reassortant; Oropouche virus
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid3011.240405

In early 2024, explosive outbreaks of Oropouche virus (OROV) linked to a novel lineage were documented in the Amazon Region of Brazil. We report the introduction of this lineage into Colombia and its co-circulation with another OROV lineage. Continued surveillance is needed to prevent further spread of OROV in the Americas.