Biting midges spread Oropouche virus. Illness is uncommon but ranges from mild to severe.
Protect yourself and your family from mosquito bites when traveling to areas at risk for Oropouche.
Symptoms of Oropouche include fever, severe headache, chills, muscle aches, joint pains, and more.
Oropouche can spread from a pregnant woman to her fetus during pregnancy or newborn around birth.
Biting midges and some mosquitoes spread Oropouche in the Caribbean and Central and South America.
Several countries in the Caribbean and Central and South America have reported Oropouche cases.
Biting midges are tiny flies, sometimes called “no-see-ums,” that can spread Oropouche.
For Professionals
Refer to clinical considerations for pregnant women with confirmed or probable Oropouche.
Oropouche presents with abrupt fever, severe headache, chills, myalgia, and arthralgia.
Oropouche virus or viral RNA in semen or vaginal secretions suggest it might spread through sex.
Refer to clinical considerations for infants with confirmed or probable Oropouche.
Refer to guidance on testing patients with suspected Oropouche and on reporting cases.