奥罗普切病毒在不同身体部位的持续性和活跃复制状态:对一名感染在拉丁美洲传播毒株的旅行者的纵向分析
Persistence and Active Replication Status of Oropouche Virus in Different Body Sites: Longitudinal Analysis of a Traveler Infected with a Strain Spreading in Latin America.
作者信息
Matucci Andrea, Pomari Elena, Mori Antonio, Accordini Silvia, Gianesini Natasha, Passarelli Mantovani Rebeca, Gobbi Federico Giovanni, Castilletti Concetta, Capobianchi Maria Rosaria
机构信息
Department of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, 37024 Negrar di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy.
Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, 25121 Brescia, Italy.
出版信息
Viruses. 2025 Jun 16;17(6):852. doi: 10.3390/v17060852.
An unprecedented outbreak of Oropouche virus (OROV) is occurring in the Americas, characterized by thousands of confirmed cases and a wide geographical spread, including areas outside the Amazon Basin. Little is known about this neglected arbovirus regarding its pathophysiological aspects and potentially different transmission modes. This study describes the clinical course of a man who returned from a trip to Cuba and presented to our hospital 4 days after the onset of febrile symptoms. The patient was diagnosed with Oropouche fever and was followed for 177 days after the onset of symptoms. We performed a longitudinal investigation of the samples collected from several body sites (whole blood, serum, urine, and semen) with the aim of providing further insights into OROV infection dynamics, using the detection of antigenomic RNA as a marker of active viral replication. Clinical samples that were longitudinally collected over the course of OROV infection showed consistently higher amounts of antigenomic RNA compared to genomic RNA, even after viral clearance from serum. Moreover, our case study showed the persistence of OROV RNA in serum of less than 15 days from the onset of symptoms, as compared to up to one month in urine, three months in semen, and four months in whole blood. Our study suggests that Oropouche virus may persist in an actively replicating state in different body sites for long periods of time, with important implications for transmission dynamics. Furthermore, our results provide a diagnostic indication, suggesting that serum is inferior to both urine and whole blood as preferred diagnostic samples. Further studies are needed to determine the pathogenetic implications of these findings, as they have been derived from a single case and must be confirmed using a larger number of cases.
一场前所未有的奥罗普切病毒(OROV)疫情正在美洲爆发,其特点是有数千例确诊病例且地理传播范围广泛,包括亚马逊盆地以外的地区。关于这种被忽视的虫媒病毒,人们对其病理生理方面以及潜在的不同传播方式知之甚少。本研究描述了一名从古巴旅行归来的男子的临床病程,该男子在发热症状出现4天后到我院就诊。患者被诊断为奥罗普切热,症状出现后随访了177天。我们对从多个身体部位(全血、血清、尿液和精液)采集的样本进行了纵向调查,目的是通过检测反基因组RNA作为活跃病毒复制的标志物,进一步深入了解OROV感染动态。在OROV感染过程中纵向采集的临床样本显示,与基因组RNA相比,反基因组RNA的量始终更高,即使在血清病毒清除后也是如此。此外,我们的病例研究表明,与尿液中长达一个月、精液中长达三个月、全血中长达四个月相比,症状出现后血清中OROV RNA的持续时间不到15天。我们的研究表明,奥罗普切病毒可能在不同身体部位长时间处于活跃复制状态,这对传播动态具有重要意义。此外,我们的结果提供了一个诊断提示,表明血清作为首选诊断样本不如尿液和全血。由于这些发现来自单个病例,必须使用更多病例进行确认,因此需要进一步研究以确定这些发现的致病意义。