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Oropouche Virus (OROV): Expanding Threats, Shifting Patterns, and the Urgent Need for Collaborative Research in Latin America.

André Ricardo Ribas Freitas, David A Schwartz, Antônio Silva Lima Neto, Rosana Rodrigues, Luciano Pamplona Goes Cavalcanti, Pedro María Alarcón-Elbal

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Article in Viruses, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. The global outbreak of Oropouche virus: surveillance of global trends.Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines · 2026
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  7. No time to wait: A regional model for inter-epidemic vector-borne disease preparedness in the Caribbean.Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

André Ricardo Ribas FreitasFaculdade São Leopoldo Mandic, Campinas 13045, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-0291-7771
David A SchwartzPerinatal Pathology Consulting, Atlanta, GA 30342, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7486-8545
Antônio Silva Lima NetoCentro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade de Fortaleza, Fortaleza 60811, CE, Brazil.
Rosana RodriguesFaculdade São Leopoldo Mandic, Campinas 13045, SP, Brazil.
Luciano Pamplona Goes CavalcantiFaculdade de Medicina, Centro Universitário Christus, Fortaleza 60160, CE, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-3440-1182
Pedro María Alarcón-ElbalDepartment of Animal Production and Health, Public Veterinary Health and Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, Calle Tirant lo Blanc 7, Alfara del Patriarca, 45115 Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5319-4257

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent outbreaks of Oropouche virus (OROV) in Latin America demonstrate shifting epidemiological trends, with increasing clinical severity and geographic expansion driven by environmental and anthropogenic factors, many of which remain uncertain. Viral evolution with new reassortant strains, changes in vectors, environmental degradation, and human activities have been postulated as factors that have facilitated its spread into new areas beyond the Amazon Basin. Multiple reports starting in July 2024 of pregnant women with Oropouche fever developing vertical infections and adverse perinatal outcomes, including placental infection, stillbirth, and fetal infections with microcephaly and malformation syndromes, have reinforced the public health significance of this disease. Here, we describe the evidence surrounding this re-emerging epidemic threat, examine these changes, and propose specific strategies for enhanced surveillance and a public health response.

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Bunyaviridae InfectionsCommunicable Diseases, EmergingOrthobunyavirusAnimalsDisease OutbreaksFemaleHumansLatin AmericaPregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousPublic Healtharbovirusbunyaviruscongenital infectionemerging zoonotic diseaseOropouche virusvertical transmission

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PMID40143283
PMCPMC11945620

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