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Omsk Hemorrhagic Fever Virus: A Comprehensive Review from Epidemiology to Diagnosis and Treatment.

Erica Diani, Riccardo Cecchetto, Emil Tonon, Marco Mantoan, Virginia Lotti, Anna Lagni, Asia Palmisano, Pier Paolo Piccaluga, Davide Gibellini

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Review in Microorganisms, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Erica DianiDepartment of Diagnostics and Public Health, Microbiology Section, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1373-7533
Riccardo CecchettoDepartment of Diagnostics and Public Health, Microbiology Section, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0009-0000-5189-8867
Emil TononDepartment of Diagnostics and Public Health, Microbiology Section, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.
Marco MantoanDepartment of Diagnostics and Public Health, Section of Hygiene and Preventive, Environmental and Occupational Medicine, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0009-0004-1856-7088
Virginia LottiDepartment of Diagnostics and Public Health, Microbiology Section, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5746-3810
Anna LagniDepartment of Diagnostics and Public Health, Microbiology Section, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0009-0005-1044-3109
Asia PalmisanoDepartment of Diagnostics and Public Health, Microbiology Section, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.
Pier Paolo PiccalugaBiobank of Research, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di S. Orsola, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9432-0595
Davide GibelliniDepartment of Diagnostics and Public Health, Microbiology Section, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus (OHFV) is the etiological agent of a poorly studied acute viral disease, causing several epidemic waves observed in the western Siberia regions of Omsk, Kurgan, Novosibirsk, and Tyumen. OHFV is a flavivirus and shares structural and morphological features with tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) complex viruses. The disease's symptoms show high variability, from flu-like symptoms, hyperesthesia, and petechial rush in the upper body to high fever and hemorrhagic manifestations, with a fatality rate of about 1%. The real number of OHFV-infected people is still unknown due to the difficulties in diagnosis and the presence of asymptomatic patients that lead to an underestimation of the total cases. Little is known about the viral infection dynamics at the molecular and cellular levels, the viral involvement in immune escape, cellular pathways alteration, or metabolic influence. It is noteworthy that no clinical trials have currently been performed for effective and specific drug treatments. In this review, we will give an overview of OHFV interactions with humans and animals, diagnostic tools, and drug treatments. We aim to highlight the importance of a frequently undiagnosed or misdiagnosed viral infection that might also even cause severe clinical manifestations such as meningitis and hemorrhage, in order to point out the need to develop new research studies, new diagnostic tools, and new treatments for OHFV.

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flaviviridaehemorrhagic feverOmsk hemorrhagic fever virusTBEVtick-borne encephalitis complex

Identifiers

PMID40005791
PMCPMC11858464

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