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Here’s what you need to know about the Oropouche outbreak in South America and the Caribbean. ➡️ Oropouche (o’ro-poo”che) virus is spread to people primarily by the bite of infected biting midges and some mosquitoes. The best way to protect yourself from Oropouche is to prevent bug bites if you’re traveling to an area with cases of Oropouche. Learn more about the current outbreak of Oropouche: https://bit.ly/3ZBQIzD.

Tekena Orupabo, MPH, DrPH (in view)

Public Health Physician@ WHO | Health Systems Strengthening | Public Health Researcher | Laboratory Scientist | Epidemiology | Community Health | Health Policy | Infectious disease prevention | RMNCAH+N | AMR | PEP | UHC

3mo

Vaccines for this virus need to be in process.

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Yasmin Zavala Teutle

COORDINADORA EN CLINICA DE VIH/SIDA en HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MEXICO

3mo

Me interesa

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Samson Khandagle

Pathology- Supervisor Tech at Johns Hopkins Medicine

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Very informative!

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