Diagnosis of Oropouche virus infection by RT‐nested‐PCR

Abstract

Using the RT‐PCR with primers that anneal to the 5′ and the 3′ extremities of the genome segments of bunyaviruses and internal primers that anneal to the S segment of Simbu serogroup viruses in a nested PCR it was possible to amplify the Oropouche virus (ORO) genome from the sera of three patients. These results show that this RT‐nested‐PCR is a useful tool for rapid diagnosis of Oropouche fever infections. J. Med. Virol. 66:139–142, 2002.