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PRO/AH/EDR> Oropouche virus – Brazil: (PI)

Other Human Disease -- BrazilThe Municipal Health Foundation (FMS) confirmed the 1st case of Oropouche fever in Teresina. The FMS "received test results indicative of Oropouche virus infection in a patient hospitalized in the Teresina Emergency Hospital (HUT) in January 2021." This fever has symptoms similar to those of dengue, but with less risk of complications.The FMS reported that the hemagglutination-inhibition test, ELISA, and RT-PCR done by the Instituto Evandro Chagas (the reference laboratory Read more [...]