Title
Oropouche infection a neglected arbovirus in patients with acute febrile illness from the Peruvian coast
Date Issued
10 February 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Del Valle-Mendoza J.
Sandoval I.
Aguilar-Luis M.A.
Publisher(s)
BioMed Central Ltd.
Abstract
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.
Volume
13
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Medicina tropical
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85079216726
PubMed ID
Source
BMC Research Notes
ISSN of the container
17560500
Sponsor(s)
This study was supported by CONCYTEC Peru, under the contract No 164-2016-FONDECYT, Lima, Peru. Incentive for Research of the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (No. UPC-A-057-2020), Lima, Peru. This research was supported by the Bio & Medical Technology Development Program of the National Research Foundation (NRF) funded by the Korean government (MSIT) (No. 2015M3A9B6073666). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. We thank the staff of the health network from Morropón-Chulucanas, Piura, Peru.
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