Outbreak of Oropouche Virus in French Guiana

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Gaillet, Mélanie ; Pichard, Clara ; Restrepo, Johana ; Lavergne, Anne ; Perez, Lucas ; Enfissi, Antoine ; Abboud, Philippe ; Lambert, Yann ; Ma, Laurence ; Monot, Marc ; Demar, Magalie ; Djossou, Felix ; Servas, Véronique ; Nacher, Mathieu ; Andrieu, Audrey ; Prudhomme, Julie ; Michaud, Céline ; Rousseau, Cyril ; Jeanne, Isabelle ; Duchemin, Jean-Bernard ; Epelboin, Loïc ; Rousset, Dominique
• Description:
  Oropouche fever is a zoonotic dengue-like syndrome caused by Oropouche virus. In August-September 2020, dengue-like syndrome developed in 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.
• Subjects:
  Bunyaviridae Infections Dengue Disease Outbreaks Humans Orthobunyavirus
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 27(10):2711-2714
• Pubmed ID:
  34545800
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8462337
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  French Guiana
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ccd441cfb7467b1435f3c269c846ebe42b5f080f0339cb1b1a9c0fef686bd22e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/110415/cdc_110415_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.06 MB ]