The Details On The Usually Recoverable Oropouche Fever

Oropouche fever is a tropical disease that typically manifests itself in epidemics rather than single cases here and there. It is a febrile illness with no particular telling characteristics other than it is often compared to mild cases of dengue fever. Oropouche fever is named after the Oropouche River found in Trinidad and Tobago. There is also a nickname for this tropical illness, febre de Mojui, named after a village called Mojui in Northern Brazil where the illness presented itself during a clearing of rainforested areas there.

Caused by the Oropouche virus, it belongs to the bunyaviridae family of arboviruses and is quite infectious thanks to the bite from mosquitoes as well as a particular type of fly called a midge. Sloths carry this virus and the flies and mosquitoes bite them and carry the infection within their bodies until such time they take a blood meal from a human and pass the virus onto them. In addition to the Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil, Panama, the Caribbean and areas of the Amazon region all have these mosquitoes and midge flies.

Symptoms and Signs of Oropouche Fever

The incubation period from the bite of the infected mosquito or midge to the first signs of infection is typically around 3 to 8 days although it could be as high as 12 days. Fever is most common with temperatures often up to 104

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