Replication-Competent Oropouche Virus in Semen of Traveler Returning to Italy from Cuba, 2024.

Authors :: Castilletti C
Huits R
Mantovani RP
Accordini S
Alladio F
Gobbi F
Source :: Emerging infectious diseases [Emerg Infect Dis] 2024 Dec; Vol. 30 (12), pp. 2684-2686. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 07.
Publication Year :: 2024
Abstract: A febrile man in Italy who had traveled to Cuba in July 2024 was diagnosed with Oropouche fever. Reverse transcription PCR detected prolonged shedding of Oropouche virus RNA in whole blood, serum, urine, and semen. Sixteen days after symptom onset, replication-competent virus was detected in semen, suggesting risk for sexual transmission.

Subjects :: Cuba epidemiology
Humans
Italy epidemiology
Male
Travel
Virus Replication
Orthobunyavirus genetics
Orthobunyavirus isolation & purification
Orthobunyavirus classification
Adult
Bunyaviridae Infections virology
RNA, Viral genetics
Semen virology

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