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. 2021;27(6):1756-1758.
doi: 10.3201/eid2706.204405.

Evidence of Oropouche Orthobunyavirus Infection, Colombia, 2017

Doris E Gómez-Camargo, Jorge A Egurrola-Pedraza, Cristopher D Cruz, Dina Popuche, Margarita M Ochoa-Díaz, Carolina Guevara, Maria Silva, Eugenio J Abente, Julia S Ampuero

Evidence of Oropouche Orthobunyavirus Infection, Colombia, 2017

Doris E Gómez-Camargo et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021.

Abstract

We describe an Oropouche orthobunyavirus infection in a women 28 years of age in Colombia. We confirmed the diagnosis by viral isolation, quantitative reverse transcription PCR, and phylogenetic analysis of the small, medium, and large genomic segments. The virus is related to a strain isolated in Ecuador in 2016.

Keywords: Bunyaviridae; Colombia; Oropouche fever; Oropouche orthobunyavirus; arboviruses; vector-borne infections; viruses.

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Maximum-likelihood phylogenetic tree based on the small (A), large (B), and medium (C) segments of Oropouche orthobunyavirus from a patient in Colombia, 2017 (red text), and reference sequences. Numbers to the left of nodes indicate bootstrap values based on 1,000 replicates. GenBank accession numbers are given for representative strains used for comparison. Triangles indicate phylogenetic branches compressed for size (4,9). Faceys Paddock and Bunyamwera viruses were used as outgroups. Scale corresponds to phylogenetic distance units estimated by likelihood function model. IQTV, Iquitos virus; MdDV, Madre de Dios virus.
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