Genomic and phenotypic characterization of an Oropouche virus strain implicated in the 2023-24 large-scale outbreak in Brazil
Elisa de Almeida Neves Azevedo, Alexandre Ferreira da Silva, Verônica Gomes da Silva, Laís Ceschini Machado, Gustavo Barbosa de Lima, Bruno Issao Matos Ishigami, Keilla Maria Paz e Silva, Mayara Matias de Oliveira Marques da Costa, Diego Arruda Falcão, Andreza Pâmela Vasconcelos, Clintiano Curvêlo da Silva, Felipe Gomes Naveca, Matheus Filgueira Bezerra, Túlio de Lima Campos, Bartolomeu Acioli‐Santos, , Gabriel Luz Wallau
The paper characterizes an Oropouche virus strain from the 2023-24 outbreak in Brazil, showing its ability to infect non-human primates and establishing lineage origins from the Amazonas region.
Journal of Medical Virology · Oct 1, 2024Peer-reviewedMicrobiology