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Oropouche virus is detected in peripheral blood leukocytes from patients
Author(s) -
de Souza Luna Luciano Kleber,
Rodrigues Alcir Humberto,
Santos Rodrigo Ivo Marques,
SestiCosta Renata,
Criado Miriã Ferreira,
Martins Ronaldo B.,
Silva Maria Lúcia,
Delcaro Luana Sella,
ProençaModena Jose Luiz,
Figueiredo Luiz Tadeu Moraes,
Acrani Gustavo Olszanski,
Arruda Eurico
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/jmv.24722
Subject(s) - virology , peripheral blood , virus , medicine , immunology , disease , biology , pathology
Oropouche virus (OROV) is a frequent cause of arboviral febrile disease in the Amazon. The present report describes studies done in two patients, one of them; the first OROV human case acquired outside of the Amazon, which have revealed for the first time the presence of OROV in peripheral blood leukocytes. This novel finding raises important issues regarding pathogenesis of human infections and may offer a new tool, for the rapid diagnosis of this neglected infection. J. Med. Virol. 89:1108–1111, 2017 . © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.