Volume 11, Number 10—October 2005
Dispatch
Oropouche Virus Isolation, Southeast Brazil
Márcio Roberto Teixeira Nunes*
, Lívia Carício Martins*, Sueli Guerreiro Rodrigues*, Jannifer Oliveira Chiang*, Raimunda do Socorro da Silva Azevedo*, Amelia P.A. Travassos da Rosa†, and Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos*
, Lívia Carício Martins*, Sueli Guerreiro Rodrigues*, Jannifer Oliveira Chiang*, Raimunda do Socorro da Silva Azevedo*, Amelia P.A. Travassos da Rosa†, and Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos*
Table
Examples of epidemics and isolates of Oropouche fever virus genetically characterized in Latin American countries, 1955–2004
| Years of occurrence | Location | Genotypes |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Trinidad | I |
| Brazil (Pará State) | ||
| 1960 | Brazil (Santa Maria*) | I |
| 1961, 1968, 1979–80 | Brazil (Belém) | I |
| 1967, 1979-80 | Brazil (Bragança region) | |
| 1972 | Brazil (Baião) | |
| 1974–75 | Brazil (Santarém) | I |
| 1988 | Brazil (Tucuruí) | I |
| 1996 | Brazil (Oriximiná, Altamira) | I |
| 2003 | Brazil (Parauapebas) | I |
| 2004 | Brazil (Porto de Moz) | II |
| 1992 | Peru (Iquitos) | II |
| 1998 | Peru (Madre de Dios) | II |
| Brazil (Acre State) | ||
| 1996 | Brazil (Xapuri) | I |
| Brazil (Amazonas State) | ||
| 1980–1981 | Brazil (Manaus and Barcelos) | I |
| Brazil (Maranhão State) | ||
| 1988 | Brazil (Porto Franco) | I |
| Brazil( Rondônia State) | ||
| 1991 | Brazil (Ariquemes/Ouro Preto) | II |
| Brazil (Tocantins State) | ||
| 1988 | Brazil (Tocantinopolis) | I |
| 2002 | Brazil (Paranã) | I |
| 1989 | Panama† | III |
*Bradypus tridactylus.
†Chame, Chilibre, and San Miguelito.
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