
Rocio Virus: An Updated View on an Elusive Flavivirus
2021; Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute; Volume: 13; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês
10.3390/v13112293
ISSN1999-4915
AutoresMarielena Vogel Saivish, Vivaldo Gomes da Costa, Gabriela de Lima Menezes, Roosevelt Alves da Silva, Gislaine Celestino Dutra da Silva, Marcos Lázaro Moreli, Lívia Sacchetto, Carolina Colombelli Pacca, Nikos Vasilakis, Maurício Lacerda Nogueira,
Tópico(s)Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
ResumoRocio virus (ROCV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus and human pathogen. The virus is indigenous to Brazil and was first detected in 1975 in the Sao Paulo State, and over a period of two years was responsible for several epidemics of meningoencephalitis in coastal communities leading to over 100 deaths. The vast majority of ROCV infections are believed to be subclinical and clinical manifestations can range from uncomplicated fever to fatal meningoencephalitis. Birds are the natural reservoir and amplification hosts and ROCV is maintained in nature in a mosquito-bird-mosquito transmission cycle, primarily involving
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