Oropouche fever, an emergent disease from the Americas

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 135-146

  Romero Alvarez, Daniel ^a   Escobar, Luis E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Emergent disease; Oropouche fever; Oropouche virus; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL AMERICA; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; OROPOUCHE FEVER; OROPOUCHE VIRUS; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOUTH AMERICA; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; ARBOVIRUS; BUNYAVIRUS INFECTION; CERATOPOGONIDAE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; INSECT VECTOR; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ARBOVIRUSES; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; SOUTH AMERICA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 85040622216     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2017.11.013     Document Type: Short Survey

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