Oropouche fever

Oropouche fever.

Oropouche fever has an abrupt onset fever, initially with generic symptoms similar to those seen in dengue fever.

When OROV infects humans, it causes a rapid fever illness called Oropouche fever.

It is referred to as a zoonotic arbovirus and causes febrile illness, characterized by the onset of a sudden fever known as Oropouche fever.

Culicoides paraensis is a species of midge found from the northern United States to Argentina, which acts as the vector of the Oropouche fever virus.

Oropouche fever is a tropical viral infection, a zoonosis similar to dengue fever, transmitted by biting midge (species Culicoides paraensis) and mosquitoes from the blood of sloths to humans.