{"id":7472,"date":"2024-08-27T21:00:26","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T02:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=7472"},"modified":"2024-08-27T21:00:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T02:00:29","slug":"what-is-oropouche-virus-the-emerging-threat-is-raising-concern-among-health-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2024\/08\/27\/what-is-oropouche-virus-the-emerging-threat-is-raising-concern-among-health-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Oropouche virus? The emerging threat is raising concern among health officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/08\/27\/health\/oropouche-virus-health-warning\/index.html\">CNN<\/a> A little-known disease spread by insect bites has turned deadly, and health officials are sounding the alarm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 8,000 cases of Oropouche virus have been reported this year as of August 1. Most have been in South America, but infections are also spreading in countries where it hasn\u2019t been seen before, and dozens of travel-related cases have been reported in the United States and Europe. The Pan American Health Organization, a regional arm of the World Health Organization, has issued an epidemiological&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paho.org\/en\/documents\/epidemiological-alert-oropouche-region-americas-1-august-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">alert<\/a>&nbsp;for Oropouche virus and raised the public health risk level to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paho.org\/en\/documents\/public-health-risk-assessment-related-oropouche-virus-orov-region-americas-3-august-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">high<\/a>\u201d for the Americas region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAlthough the disease has historically been described as mild, the geographic spread in transmission and the detection of more severe cases underscore the need for increased surveillance and characterization of possible more severe manifestations,\u201d the agency said in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paho.org\/en\/news\/2-8-2024-paho-urges-countries-strengthen-prevention-surveillance-and-diagnosis-oropouche-virus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has also issued a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/emergency.cdc.gov\/han\/2024\/han00515.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">health advisory&nbsp;<\/a>warning health care providers and public health authorities to be on the lookout for new cases and recommending that pregnant women avoid travel to affected areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least 21 US travelers returning from Cuba have tested positive for Oropouche virus, the CDC\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/73\/wr\/mm7335e1.htm?s_cid=mm7335e1_w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>\u00a0Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/08\/27\/health\/oropouche-virus-health-warning\/index.html\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/secure-location.php\" title=\"g mQBT V\">g mQBT V<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN A little-known disease spread by insect bites has turned deadly, and health officials are sounding the alarm. More than 8,000 cases of Oropouche virus have been reported this year as of August 1. Most have been in South America, but infections are also spreading in countries where it hasn\u2019t been seen before, and dozens [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mosquito-bourne-diseases"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7472"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7473,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7472\/revisions\/7473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}