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Case Reports
. 2024 Jun;29(26):2400362.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.26.2400362.

Oropouche fever cases diagnosed in Italy in two epidemiologically non-related travellers from Cuba, late May to early June 2024

Concetta Castilletti  1 , Antonio Mori  1 , Andrea Matucci  1 , Niccolò Ronzoni  1 , Lukas Van Duffel  2 , Giada Rossini  3 , Pietro Sponga  1 , Maria Luca D'Errico  1 , Paola Rodari  1 , Francesco Cristini  4   2 , Ralph Huits  1 , Federico Giovanni Gobbi  5   1
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Oropouche fever cases diagnosed in Italy in two epidemiologically non-related travellers from Cuba, late May to early June 2024

Concetta Castilletti et al. Euro Surveill. 2024 Jun.

Abstract

Oropouche fever is caused by Oropouche virus (OROV), transmitted primarily through the bite of infected midges, particularly of the genus Culicoides. The virus is mainly circulating in Central and South America where several countries reported an ongoing outbreak. We report here two imported cases of OROV infection identified in Italy, late May-early June 2024. These cases indicate that in the shadow of a massive dengue outbreak in the Americas, the Oropouche outbreak might be more widespread than previously estimated.

Keywords: Oropouche fever; Oropouche virus; arbovirus; outbreak; traveller.

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