Oropouche fever is an infectious disease caused by Oropouche virus (OROV), an orthobunyavirus in the order Bunyavirales of -ssRNA viruses, and transmitted by mosquitoes and biting midges. OROV was first isolated in 1955 in Trinidad and Tobago.
Category
Infectious disease
Brite
Infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by -ssRNA viruses
H02163 Oropouche fever
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Certain arthropod-borne viral fevers
1D43 Oropouche virus disease
H02163 Oropouche fever
Pathogen
Oropouche virus [GN:T40062]
Other DBs
ICD-11:
1D43
Reference
PMID:28167595
Authors
Travassos da Rosa JF, de Souza WM, Pinheiro FP, Figueiredo ML, Cardoso JF, Acrani GO, Nunes MRT
Title
Oropouche Virus: Clinical, Epidemiological, and Molecular Aspects of a Neglected Orthobunyavirus.
Journal
Am J Trop Med Hyg 96:1019-1030 (2017) DOI:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0672
Reference
PMID:29617280
Authors
Sakkas H, Bozidis P, Franks A, Papadopoulou C
Title
Oropouche Fever: A Review.
Journal
Viruses 10:E175 (2018) DOI:10.3390/v10040175
Reference
PMID:29247710
Authors
Romero-Alvarez D, Escobar LE
Title
Oropouche fever, an emergent disease from the Americas.