Orthobunyaviruses in the Caribbean: Melao and Oropouche virus infections in school children in Haiti in 2014.

• Main Authors: Maha A Elbadry (Author), Ricardo Durães-Carvalho (Author), Gabriela M Blohm (Author), Caroline J Stephenson (Author), Julia C Loeb (Author), Sarah K White (Author), Taina Telisma (Author), Sonese Chavannes (Author), Valery M Beau De Rochars (Author), Marco Salemi (Author), J Glenn Morris (Author), John A Lednicky (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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We report the identification of two orthobunyaviruses, Melao virus (MELV) and Oropouche virus (OROV), in plasma specimens from Haitian children with acute febrile illness who presented during outbreaks caused by alpha- and flaviviruses in 2014. Heretofore not described as a human pathogen, MELV was...