Fatal Oropouche Virus Infections in Nonendemic Region, Brazil, 2024

Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Nov;30(11):2370-2374. doi: 10.3201/eid3011.241132. Epub 2024 Sep 13.

Abstract

We report acute Oropouche virus infections in 2 previously healthy women from a nonendemic region of Brazil outside the Amazon Basin. Infections rapidly progressed to hemorrhagic manifestations and fatal outcomes in 4-5 days. These cases highlight the critical need for enhanced surveillance to clarify epidemiology of this neglected disease.

Keywords: Bahia; Brazil; Oropouche fever; Oropouche virus; outbreak; vector-borne infections; viruses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Bunyaviridae Infections* / epidemiology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Orthobunyavirus*

Supplementary concepts

  • Oropouche orthobunyavirus