Oropouche infection a neglected arbovirus in patients with acute febrile illness from the Peruvian coast

• Autores: Martins-Luna J., Del Valle-Mendoza J., Silva-Caso W., Sandoval I., Del Valle L.J., Palomares-Reyes C., Carrillo-Ng H., Peña-Tuesta I., Aguilar-Luis M.A.
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2020
• Institución: Consejo Nacional de Ciencia Tecnología e Innovación
• Repositorio: CONCYTEC-Institucional
• Lenguaje: inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.concytec.gob.pe:20.500.12390/2578
• Enlace del recurso: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12390/2578; https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-020-4937-1
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Zika; Arbovirus; Chikungunya; Dengue; Oropouche; PCR; Peru; http://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.08

Objective: To evaluate the frequency of infection caused by the Oropouche virus (OROV) in 496 patients with acute febrile disease (AFI), whose samples were obtained for the analysis of endemic arboviruses in a previous investigation carried out in 2016. Results: OROV was detected in 26.4% (131/496) of serum samples from patients with AFI. Co-infections with Dengue virus (7.3%), Zika virus (1.8%) and Chikungunya (0.2%) were observed. The most common clinical symptoms reported among the patients with OROV infections were headache 85.5% (112/131), myalgia 80.9% (106/131), arthralgia 72.5% (95/131) and loss of appetite 67.9% (89/131). Headache and myalgia were predominant in all age groups. Both OROV infections and co-infections were more frequent in May, June and July corresponding to the dry season of the region. © 2020 The Author(s).