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ArticleArchives of virology2026

Rocio virus sustained circulation in Brazil: first infection case in a horse highlights the need for enhanced arbovirus surveillance.

Tiago Gräf, Maria Constanza Rodriguez, Yara de Oliveira Brandão, Carla Adriane Royer, Caroline do Nascimento Ferreira, Camila Confortin, Camila Zanluca, Daisy Maria Strottmann, Claudia Nunes Duarte Dos Santos, Mara Eliza Gasino Joineau

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Article in Archives of virology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Tiago GräfLaboratório de Virologia Molecular, Instituto Carlos Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Curitiba, Brazil. tiago.graf@fiocruz.br.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4921-7975
Maria Constanza RodriguezMarcos Enrietti Diagnostic Center, Paraná Agricultural Defense Agency, Rua Jaime Balão, 575, 80040-340, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
Yara de Oliveira BrandãoLaboratório de Virologia Molecular, Instituto Carlos Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Curitiba, Brazil.
Carla Adriane RoyerLaboratório de Virologia Molecular, Instituto Carlos Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Curitiba, Brazil.
Caroline do Nascimento FerreiraLaboratório de Virologia Molecular, Instituto Carlos Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Curitiba, Brazil.
Camila ConfortinLaboratório de Virologia Molecular, Instituto Carlos Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Curitiba, Brazil.
Camila ZanlucaLaboratório de Virologia Molecular, Instituto Carlos Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Curitiba, Brazil.
Daisy Maria StrottmannLaboratório de Virologia Molecular, Instituto Carlos Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Curitiba, Brazil.
Claudia Nunes Duarte Dos SantosLaboratório de Virologia Molecular, Instituto Carlos Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Curitiba, Brazil.
Mara Eliza Gasino JoineauMarcos Enrietti Diagnostic Center, Paraná Agricultural Defense Agency, Rua Jaime Balão, 575, 80040-340, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.

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Abstract

Rocio virus (ROCV), a neurotropic arbovirus of the Orthoflavivirus genus, caused Brazil’s largest encephalitis outbreak in the 1970s but has since been rarely detected. We report the first ROCV encephalitis clinical case after nearly 40 years and isolated and sequenced the virus from CNS tissue of a horse. Metatranscriptomics enabled full-genome sequencing, revealing divergence from the reference sequence at an evolutionary rate of 5.8–7.0 × 10⁻⁴, consistent with Orthoflavivirus. Thirty-one non-synonymous substitutions were identified, with the envelope protein most affected. Findings indicate ROCV cryptic circulation and ongoing evolution. Horses may act as sentinels, underscoring the need for strengthened ROCV genomic surveillance.

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FlavivirusHorse DiseasesAnimalsBrazilGenome, ViralHorsesPhylogeny

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PMCPMC12948843

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