21 cases of little-known Oropouche virus detected in U.S.
Nearly two dozen people in the United States have been confirmed to have contracted the Oropouche virus during travels outside the country this summer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday. A previously little-known virus, Oropouche has garnered headlines in recent weeks with reports of a small number of deaths and a possible link to congenital malformations in babies infected in the womb.
All 21 cases — 20 from Florida and one from New York State — were in people who had traveled to Cuba, which is experiencing its first recorded outbreak of Oropouche virus. The report was written by public health scientists from Florida and New York and published in the CDC’s online journal Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Read Original Article: 21 cases of little-known Oropouche virus detected in U.S. »
