{"id":173462,"date":"2024-11-12T18:15:30","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T18:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/12\/the-virus-behind-an-outbreak-in-brazil-can-spread-from-mother-to-fetus\/"},"modified":"2024-11-12T18:15:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T18:15:30","slug":"the-virus-behind-an-outbreak-in-brazil-can-spread-from-mother-to-fetus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/12\/the-virus-behind-an-outbreak-in-brazil-can-spread-from-mother-to-fetus\/","title":{"rendered":"The virus behind an outbreak in Brazil can spread from mother to fetus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/a_cunningham?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The virus behind an outbreak in Brazil can spread from mother to fetus\" title=\"The virus behind an outbreak in Brazil can spread from mother to fetus\" \/><\/div> \r\n<br><div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"rich-text rich-text--with-sidebar single__rich-text___RmCDp\" data-component=\"video-embed\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\n<p>A virus that caused a large outbreak in Brazil this year can spread from a pregnant woman to the fetus. The confirmation of several cases of transmission to the womb means that the virus, called Oropouche, has a feature in common with two other insect-borne viruses, Zika and dengue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 40-year-old woman\u2019s stillbirth this summer in Brazil <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nejm.org\/doi\/full\/10.1056\/NEJMc2412812\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was linked to transmission of the virus from the woman to the fetus<\/a>, researchers report October 30 in the <em>New England Journal of Medicine<\/em>. (The World Health Organization defines a stillbirth as the death of a fetus after 28 weeks of pregnancy.) The Brazilian Ministry of Health has also confirmed two other deaths due to the spread of Oropouche virus to the womb: a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.br\/saude\/pt-br\/assuntos\/noticias\/2024\/agosto\/saude-confirma-um-obito-fetal-por-oropouche-em-pernambuco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stillbirth to a 28-year-old woman<\/a> and a baby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.br\/saude\/pt-br\/canais-de-atendimento\/sala-de-imprensa\/notas-a-imprensa\/2024\/ministerio-da-saude-informa-caso-de-anomalia-congenita-associada-a-oropouche\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">born with congenital anomalies<\/a> who died after 47 days. There are other potential cases of transmission to the womb being investigated.<\/p>\n\n\n<aside class=\"sn-conversion rich-text rich-text--with-sidebar\">\n<style><![CDATA[\n.email-conversion {\n  border: 1px solid #ffcccb;\n  color: white;\n  margin-top: 50px;\n  background-image: url(\"\/wp-content\/themes\/sciencenews\/client\/src\/images\/cta-module@2x.jpg\");\n  padding: 20px;\n  clear: both;\n}\n\n]]><\/style>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"rich-text embedded-conversion-content is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<style><![CDATA[\n#dynamic-wrapper {\n  border: 1px solid #ffcccb;\n  background-image: url(\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/032624_sb_space-sugar_feat.jpg?w&#61;800&amp;ssl&#61;1\");\n  background-size: cover;\n  background-position: center center;\n  padding: 20px;\n  clear: both;\n}\n\n#dynamic-conversion {\n  padding: 20px;\n  background:rgba(0,0,0, 0.5);\n  color: white;\n}\n\n#dynamic-conversion h2 {\n  color: white;\n}\n\np.has-text-align-center a {\n  color: white !important;\n  text-decoration: none;\n  font-weight: bold;\n}\n\n]]><\/style>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"dynamic-wrapper\" class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div id=\"dynamic-conversion\" class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Tell us about your Science News experience<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Help us improve by taking our 15-question reader survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/aside>\n\n\n<p>As of mid-October, Brazil has reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paho.org\/en\/news\/16-10-2024-paho-issues-update-oropouche-fever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than 8,000 cases of Oropouche fever<\/a> since the beginning of the year. It\u2019s the largest outbreak in the Americas this year; some of the other countries with cases include Peru, with more than 900, and Cuba, with more than 500. Infections can cause fever, chills, joint pain and severe headaches, among other symptoms. The virus is spread mainly by the bite of <em>Culicoides paraensis <\/em>midges, which are very small flies, and sometimes by mosquitoes. As with Zika, there aren\u2019t any medicines to treat Oropouche fever or vaccines that target the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s also possible that Oropouche virus could be spread through sexual transmission. A man diagnosed with Oropouche fever this summer still had functional <a href=\"https:\/\/wwwnc.cdc.gov\/eid\/article\/30\/12\/24-1470_article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">virus in his semen 16 days after his symptoms<\/a> started, a different group of researchers report in the December <em>Emerging Infectious Diseases<\/em>. If the ability to transmit sexually proves true, it would be another feature in common with Zika, which caused a massive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/zika-virus-top-science-stories-2017-yir\">outbreak of infections in the Western Hemisphere<\/a> in 2015 and 2016 (<em>SN: 12\/13\/17<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brazil\u2019s large outbreak, the confirmation that the virus can spread to the womb and harm the fetus and the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwwnc.cdc.gov\/eid\/article\/30\/11\/24-1132_article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sudden deaths of two women in their twenties<\/a> who developed Oropouche fever have brought more attention to the not-well-understood virus.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- \/.rich-text -->\n\t\t\t\n<footer class=\"article-footer__wrapper___eChRS article-footer__with-sidebar___9oDuK\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"article-footer__feedback___sNXjz\">Questions or comments on this article? 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The confirmation of several cases of transmission to the womb means that the virus, called Oropouche, has a feature in common with two other insect-borne viruses, Zika and dengue. 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