AI Article Synopsis
- A traveler returning to the U.S. from Ecuador experienced an acute fever and was initially thought to have Oropouche fever.
- Further testing revealed that the illness was actually due to a rare infection with Iquitos virus, which is related to Oropouche virus.
- Iquitos virus shares two out of three genome segments with Oropouche virus, highlighting the complexity of diagnosing such infections.
Article Abstract
We describe the case of a returned traveler to the United States from Ecuador who had an acute febrile illness, initially diagnosed as Oropouche fever. This illness was later confirmed to be a rare infection with Iquitos virus, a related bunyavirus that shares 2 of 3 genome segments with Oropouche virus.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11521160 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid3011.240708 | DOI Listing |
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