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Oropouche fever in Ceará surpasses 200 confirmed cases
Between the last epidemiological week (34) and the current week (35), there were 38 new confirmed cases
September 4, 2024
By
Hyago Felix
The total number of Oropouche Fever (OF) cases in Ceará increased by approximately 20% between the penultimate and last week of August. There are currently 209 confirmed cases in the State – up until the previous week there were 171. The increase was signaled in the latest epidemiological bulletin registered by the Ceará Health Department (Sesa-CE) and corresponds to the count for week 35 of 2024.
Of the confirmed cases, 92 are in women (four pregnant women) and 117 in men. Patients over 20 years of age are the majority among those who tested positive. The region with the highest concentration of cases is the Baturité Massif in the cities of Aratuba, Pacoti, Mulungu, Capistrano and Baturité. Palmácia and Redenção also have positive cases.
The document also points out that, among the patients who tested positive, 204 had fever, 183 had headache and 178 had muscle pain. In general, the signs and symptoms reported by the patients are classic oropouche: a febrile syndrome, almost always accompanied by myalgia and headache. There was no record of worsening of the clinical condition. In most cases, the symptoms were mild.
Cases in Brazil
In Brazil, between EW 1 and EW 34 of 2024, the virus was detected in 7,848 samples. The Amazon region, considered endemic, accounted for 41.1% of the confirmed cases in the period. The identified cases are 4,072 in men and 3,776 in women. The age group of 20 to 49 years old accounted for 4,699 of all cases.
“No answers”
One death has been under investigation by Sesa for at least 27 days, that of a fetus, whose mother had been diagnosed with oropouche. Laboratory tests have not been completed, Sesa reports. According to Sesa, “on July 27, 2024, a case of Oropouche Fever (OF) was reported in a 40-year-old pregnant woman, 34 weeks pregnant, from the Baturité Massif region and with no travel history”.
The onset of symptoms, the agency adds, occurred on July 24, with the diagnosis confirmed “by RT-qPCR in a serum sample collected on July 29, 2024”. About a week later, the woman was admitted to a hospital with suspected fetal death.
“The birth occurred on 08/09/2024, and a minimally invasive autopsy of the fetus was performed and samples of cerebrospinal fluid and viscera were collected on the same date. On 08/12/2024, viral detection was reported, through RT-qPCR, in the cerebrospinal fluid and in all samples of fetal material. This finding is evidence of vertical transmission of OROV.”
Oropouche fever in Ceará surpasses 200 confirmed cases
Between the last epidemiological week (34) and the current week (35), there were 38 new confirmed cases
September 4, 2024
By
Hyago Felix
The total number of Oropouche Fever (OF) cases in Ceará increased by approximately 20% between the penultimate and last week of August. There are currently 209 confirmed cases in the State – up until the previous week there were 171. The increase was signaled in the latest epidemiological bulletin registered by the Ceará Health Department (Sesa-CE) and corresponds to the count for week 35 of 2024.
Of the confirmed cases, 92 are in women (four pregnant women) and 117 in men. Patients over 20 years of age are the majority among those who tested positive. The region with the highest concentration of cases is the Baturité Massif in the cities of Aratuba, Pacoti, Mulungu, Capistrano and Baturité. Palmácia and Redenção also have positive cases.
The document also points out that, among the patients who tested positive, 204 had fever, 183 had headache and 178 had muscle pain. In general, the signs and symptoms reported by the patients are classic oropouche: a febrile syndrome, almost always accompanied by myalgia and headache. There was no record of worsening of the clinical condition. In most cases, the symptoms were mild.
Cases in Brazil
In Brazil, between EW 1 and EW 34 of 2024, the virus was detected in 7,848 samples. The Amazon region, considered endemic, accounted for 41.1% of the confirmed cases in the period. The identified cases are 4,072 in men and 3,776 in women. The age group of 20 to 49 years old accounted for 4,699 of all cases.
“No answers”
One death has been under investigation by Sesa for at least 27 days, that of a fetus, whose mother had been diagnosed with oropouche. Laboratory tests have not been completed, Sesa reports. According to Sesa, “on July 27, 2024, a case of Oropouche Fever (OF) was reported in a 40-year-old pregnant woman, 34 weeks pregnant, from the Baturité Massif region and with no travel history”.
The onset of symptoms, the agency adds, occurred on July 24, with the diagnosis confirmed “by RT-qPCR in a serum sample collected on July 29, 2024”. About a week later, the woman was admitted to a hospital with suspected fetal death.
“The birth occurred on 08/09/2024, and a minimally invasive autopsy of the fetus was performed and samples of cerebrospinal fluid and viscera were collected on the same date. On 08/12/2024, viral detection was reported, through RT-qPCR, in the cerebrospinal fluid and in all samples of fetal material. This finding is evidence of vertical transmission of OROV.”