SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, Mexico.- Russian researchers traveled to Cuba this week to investigate the virus Oropouche and other tropical infections, given the presence and threat of various arboviruses on the Island.
Together with Cuban specialists, experts from the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Protection and Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) will conduct a series of current studies on diseases that are recorded in the Caribbean region, reported Cubadebate.
The note indicates that experts from the Slavic nation will be in Havana from August 5 to 8. The collaboration includes the use of high technology in diagnostic tests developed by Russian specialists, to update knowledge on tropical infections and to carry out studies relevant to the Caribbean region.
Specialists from the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Protection and Welfare of Russia (Rospotrebnadzor) and scientists from #Cuba are investigating relevant infections that are being recorded in the Caribbean region, including Cuba, including Oropouche fever pic.twitter.com/OTRiNtVRPU
— Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (@citmacuba) August 6, 2024
The studies come at a time when the Oropouche It is spreading throughout the Cuban territory and access to medical services is not efficient.
Cuban Deputy Minister of Public Health Carilda Peña García confirmed that there are cases of Oropouche fever and dengue in all provinces of the Island.
“There are cases of Oropouche in all the provinces of the country. Therefore, even if there is no circulation in a given municipality, it is in the province, and you travel, you move around and you can be the object of the mosquito bite,” warned the vice minister.
According to official Cuban media, for the first time at this time of year Cuba is facing the circulation of two arboviruses with a very similar initial evolution, as dengue has also become a persistent threat.
In this regard, Peña García highlighted the difficulty of clinically differentiating between dengue arboviruses and Oropouche fever in the early stages of the disease. “From a clinical point of view, [las arbovirosis del dengue y la fiebre de Oropouche] They are very similar and in the first 24-48 hours it cannot be distinguished,” he explained.
The Deputy Minister of Public Health emphasized the risks associated with these diseases during the first days of infection. She also mentioned that the greatest complications of Oropouche fever are related to “the neurological syndromes that it can cause, such as aseptic meningitis.”
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