Diagnosis of Oropouche virus infection by RT-nested-PCR

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. (C) 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.