Oropouche virus disease is a viral infectious disease tracked in the GlobalID surveillance catalogue. The catalogue description states: The standard catalogue describes it as: Oropouche virus disease used in CDC arboviral surveillance. Source snippets further indicate: Review article: Oropouche Virus Disease. During 2024, the number of pandemic-prone and epidemic-prone disease outbreaks worldwide was estimated at 301. The data highlight a shift in disease outbreak patterns, with a decline in the number of countries reporting public health events of concern linked to COVID-19 and a rise in those reporting outbreaks of viral diseases transmitted by vectors.About 90% of the outbreaks in 2024 were associated with COVID-19, dengue, yellow fever, Oropouche virus disease and influenza (linked to identified zoonotic or pandemic influenza virus). Although disease outbreaks can affect any country anywhere, they tend to disproportionately occur in countries facing many other socio-econo...
Disease Profile
Oropouche virus disease
奥罗普切病毒病
Oropouche virus disease is a viral infectious disease tracked in the GlobalID surveillance catalogue. The catalogue description states: The standard catalogue describes it as: Oropouche virus disease used in CDC arboviral surveillance. Source snippets further indicate: Review article: Oropouche Virus Disease. During 2024, the number of pandemic-prone and epidemic-prone disease outbreaks worldwide was estimated at 301. The data highlight a shift in disease outbreak patterns, with a decline in the number of countries reporting public health events of concern linked to COVID-19 and a rise in those reporting outbreaks of viral diseases transmitted by vectors.About 90% of the outbreaks in 2024 were associated with COVID-19, dengue, yellow fever, Oropouche virus disease and influenza (linked to identified zoonotic or pandemic influenza virus). Although disease outbreaks can affect any country anywhere, they tend to disproportionately occur in countries facing many other socio-econo... The epidemiology of Oropouche virus disease should be read in relation to geography, animal reservoirs or exposure ecology, outbreak activity, and reporting cadence. The source material links the disease to specific geographies, outbreaks, or an ongoing surveillance burden. Surveillance interpretation should account for case definitions, reporting cadence, geographic coverage, and reporting lag; sudden increases should be checked against the data definition before drawing conclusions.
The clinical significance of Oropouche virus disease depends on pathogen characteristics, severity pattern, site of infection, and local case definitions. The source snippets point to severity patterns, clinical forms, or symptom clusters, but the site retains only the points needed for surveillance interpretation.
The epidemiology of Oropouche virus disease should be read in relation to geography, animal reservoirs or exposure ecology, outbreak activity, and reporting cadence. The source material links the disease to specific geographies, outbreaks, or an ongoing surveillance burden.
Transmission and exposure should follow the cited sources; the current snippets support a route involving specific vectors, contact exposure, respiratory spread, or animal reservoirs.
The source material suggests that people with animal-host exposure, vector exposure, outdoor activity, or carcass handling deserve priority attention.
The current snippets do not support a full prevention paragraph, so the page retains only surveillance-level prevention context.
Surveillance interpretation should account for case definitions, reporting cadence, geographic coverage, and reporting lag; sudden increases should be checked against the data definition before drawing conclusions.
- 1 World Health Organization. Oropouche virus disease [Internet]. cited 20 May 2026. Available from: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/oropouche-virus-disease
- 2 Thomas S et al. Charting the Proteins of Oropouche Virus. Viruses. 2025 Oct 28. PMID: 41305457. doi: 10.3390/v17111434. PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41305457/
- 3 Torres Munguía JA et al. Global trends of pandemic-prone and epidemic-prone disease outbreaks in 2024. BMJ Glob Health. 2026 Feb 17. PMID: 41702637. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2025-020708. PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41702637/
- 4 Wikipedia contributors. Oropouche fever - Wikipedia [Internet]. Wikipedia. cited 20 May 2026. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oropouche_fever
- 5 Oropouche Virus Disease. PubMed indexed record. 1994. PMID: 40393417. PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40393417/
- 6 Biting Midges and Oropouche Virus Disease. Infectious Diseases and Arthropods. 2025. doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-05895-9_12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-05895-9_12
Figure 1 | Full historical trajectories across all reporting countries.
Figure 2 | Year-over-year monthly comparison for seasonality and structural shifts.
Dataset Archive
Supplementary Data | Multi-country disease dataset
Machine-readable multi-country disease dataset (JSON/CSV) with source metadata.
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Official sources and update cadences used to construct the downloadable dataset.
United States
CDC National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System provisional data.
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