{"id":16767,"date":"2024-08-14T18:52:13","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T18:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/tecnologia\/llega-a-espana-el-virus-que-tanto-preocupa-en-brasil\/"},"modified":"2024-08-14T18:52:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T18:52:13","slug":"llega-a-espana-el-virus-que-tanto-preocupa-en-brasil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/?p=16767","title":{"rendered":"llega a Espa\u00f1a el virus que tanto preocupa en Brasil"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>El <strong>virus oropouche<\/strong> no es nuevo. De hecho, fue descrito por primera vez en 1955. Sin embargo, este 2024 ha habido tal aumento de casos en todo el mundo que las autoridades sanitarias est\u00e1n preocupadas por su avance en el futuro. Es un virus <a href=\"https:\/\/hipertextual.com\/2024\/03\/epidemia-dengue-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">propio de zonas tropicales de Am\u00e9rica central y del sur<\/a>, as\u00ed como de las islas del Caribe. No obstante, este brote ha tra\u00eddo por primera vez varios casos a Europa, <strong>sobre todo a Espa\u00f1a.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecdc.europa.eu\/en\/publications-data\/threat-assessment-brief-oropouche-virus-disease-cases-imported-european-union\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seg\u00fan el \u00faltimo informe del Centro Europeo para el Control de Enfermedades<\/a>, emitido la semana pasada, se han documentado <strong>19 casos en Europa<\/strong>, 12 de ellos en Espa\u00f1a. No obstante, actualmente hay al menos <strong>14 en territorio espa\u00f1ol,<\/strong> despu\u00e9s de que se diagnostiquen nuevos casos en las<strong> islas Canarias<\/strong>. Todos ellos se han dado en viajeros reci\u00e9n llegados de<strong> Cuba o Brasil<\/strong>, donde actualmente se centran la mayor\u00eda de infecciones.<\/p>\n<p>Casi todas las personas infectadas con el virus oropouche pasan por la enfermedad sin problemas. No obstante, en algunos casos pueden darse complicaciones mortales. Eso precisamente es <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/outbreak-of-insect-borne-illness-in-south-america-linked-with-fatalities-as-first-ever-cases-confirmed-in-europe-236428\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lo que le ha pasado a dos j\u00f3venes brasile\u00f1as<\/a>, fallecidas despu\u00e9s de que el virus causara una hemorragia letal. A su dispersi\u00f3n por otros lugares del mundo se suma la muerte de estas dos chicas, de manera que la preocupaci\u00f3n por su evoluci\u00f3n sigue creciendo m\u00e1s y m\u00e1s. Es cierto que de momento no parece que haya que temer por una gran epidemia, mucho menos una pandemia, pero s\u00ed que es necesario estar ojo avizor.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_81 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Tabla de Contenido<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Alternar tabla de contenidos\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/?p=16767\/#Todo_sobre_el_virus_oropouche\" >Todo sobre el virus oropouche<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/?p=16767\/#Una_ventana_al_futuro\" >Una ventana al futuro<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/?p=16767\/#%C2%BFComo_se_transmite\" >\u00bfC\u00f3mo se transmite?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/?p=16767\/#%C2%BFPor_que_han_aumentado_tanto_los_casos_de_oropouche\" >\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 han aumentado tanto los casos de oropouche?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-todo-sobre-el-virus-oropouche\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Todo_sobre_el_virus_oropouche\"><\/span>Todo sobre el virus oropouche<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>El virus oropouche es un<strong> pat\u00f3geno transmitido por artr\u00f3podos<\/strong>, principalmente mosquitos. Se considera el segundo virus m\u00e1s frecuente de los transmitidos por mosquitos en Am\u00e9rica del sur, <strong>despu\u00e9s del dengue.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>En su caso, los s\u00edntomas son muy parecidos a los de una gripe:<strong> fiebre, dolor de cabeza, molestias musculares, mareos, escalofr\u00edos\u2026<\/strong> Tambi\u00e9n se caracteriza por provocar sensibilidad a la luz y, en algunos casos, erupciones cut\u00e1neas. No hay tos, ni estornudos ni mucosidad, por lo que, en realidad, se diferencia f\u00e1cilmente de la gripe. En los pa\u00edses en los que se produce s\u00ed que puede llegar a confundirse con el dengue.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" alt=\"diagn\u00f3stico err\u00f3neo mujeres\" class=\"wp-image-1782895 perfmatters-lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pexels-kindel-media-7298623-1500x845.jpg?resize=780%2C439&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pexels-kindel-media-7298623-scaled.jpg?resize=1500%2C845&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pexels-kindel-media-7298623-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C451&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pexels-kindel-media-7298623-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C433&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pexels-kindel-media-7298623-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C865&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pexels-kindel-media-7298623-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1154&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pexels-kindel-media-7298623-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C676&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pexels-kindel-media-7298623-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C577&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pexels-kindel-media-7298623-scaled.jpg?resize=1568%2C883&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pexels-kindel-media-7298623-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pexels-kindel-media-7298623-scaled.jpg?w=2340&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 2340w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pexels-kindel-media-7298623-1500x845.jpg?w=370&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 370w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pexels-kindel-media-7298623-1500x845.jpg?resize=780%2C439&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"diagn\u00f3stico err\u00f3neo mujeres\" class=\"wp-image-1782895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pexels-kindel-media-7298623-scaled.jpg?resize=1500%2C845&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pexels-kindel-media-7298623-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C451&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pexels-kindel-media-7298623-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C433&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pexels-kindel-media-7298623-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C865&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pexels-kindel-media-7298623-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1154&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pexels-kindel-media-7298623-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C676&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pexels-kindel-media-7298623-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C577&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pexels-kindel-media-7298623-scaled.jpg?resize=1568%2C883&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pexels-kindel-media-7298623-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pexels-kindel-media-7298623-scaled.jpg?w=2340&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 2340w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pexels-kindel-media-7298623-1500x845.jpg?w=370&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">El dolor de cabeza es uno de los s\u00edntomas que caracterizan a esta enfermedad. Cr\u00e9dito: Kindel Media (Pexels)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>El periodo de incubaci\u00f3n es normalmente de<strong> entre 4 y 8 d\u00edas<\/strong>, aunque puede ampliarse hasta los 3-12 d\u00edas. La duraci\u00f3n de los s\u00edntomas no suele ir m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de los<strong> 7 d\u00edas<\/strong>, aunque en algunos casos pueden permanecer durante varias semanas. Como ocurre con otros virus, no hay tratamiento, pero tampoco suele ser necesario, ya que el propio sistema inmunitario elimina al virus oropouche por s\u00ed mismo.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1    \">\n<aside id=\"newspack-ads-widget-52\" class=\"widget_newspack-ads-widget clearfix\"\/>\n<aside id=\"block-140\" class=\"widget_block clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-normal-font-size wp-elements-8b59c1c3ac741e322c38063c7fe76880\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(171deg,rgb(238,0,0) 0%,rgb(125,23,220) 100%)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-no-te-quedes-atras\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Una_ventana_al_futuro\"><\/span>Una ventana al futuro<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Inf\u00f3rmate cada ma\u00f1ana con nuestra <a href=\"https:\/\/hipertextual.con\/newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">newsletter<\/a>, descubre lo m\u00e1s importante de la tecnolog\u00eda, la ciencia, series de TV y pel\u00edculas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside id=\"block-123\" class=\"widget_block clearfix\"\/><\/aside>\n<\/p>\n<p>El problema es que en unos pocos casos el pat\u00f3geno puede pasar al sistema nervioso y viajar hasta el cerebro, atravesando la barrera hematoencef\u00e1lica y produciendo <strong>meningitis. <\/strong>Tambi\u00e9n pueden producirse otras complicaciones m\u00e1s raras, como las que han acabado con la vida de las dos j\u00f3venes brasile\u00f1as. Esto ocurre en casos muy raros, por lo que no debe cundir el p\u00e1nico, pero s\u00ed es importante saberlo.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-como-se-transmite\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%C2%BFComo_se_transmite\"><\/span>\u00bfC\u00f3mo se transmite?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>El virus oropouche se transmite principalmente a trav\u00e9s de <strong>mosquitos <\/strong>y unas moscas peque\u00f1as, conocidas popularmente como <strong>jejenes.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionio.com\/salud-io\/enfermedades\/virus\/oropuche-virus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hay dos ciclos biol\u00f3gicos<\/a>:<strong> uno selv\u00e1tico y otro urbano<\/strong>. En el primero, los dos principales transmisores son los <strong>mosquitos de los g\u00e9neros <em>Culex<\/em> y <em>Aedes<\/em><\/strong><em>,<\/em> mientras que en el urbano es m\u00e1s habitual la transmisi\u00f3n a trav\u00e9s de los jejenes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"585\" alt=\"remedios mosquitos, repelente para mosquitos, mosquito on human skin\" class=\"wp-image-1320639 perfmatters-lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pexels-photo-5254061-1500x1125.jpeg?resize=780%2C585&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pexels-photo-5254061.jpeg?resize=1500%2C1125&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pexels-photo-5254061.jpeg?resize=800%2C600&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pexels-photo-5254061.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pexels-photo-5254061.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pexels-photo-5254061.jpeg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pexels-photo-5254061.jpeg?resize=400%2C300&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pexels-photo-5254061.jpeg?resize=200%2C150&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pexels-photo-5254061.jpeg?resize=1568%2C1176&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pexels-photo-5254061.jpeg?w=1733&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1733w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pexels-photo-5254061-1500x1125.jpeg?w=370&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 370w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pexels-photo-5254061-1500x1125.jpeg?resize=780%2C585&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"remedios mosquitos, repelente para mosquitos, mosquito on human skin\" class=\"wp-image-1320639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pexels-photo-5254061.jpeg?resize=1500%2C1125&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pexels-photo-5254061.jpeg?resize=800%2C600&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pexels-photo-5254061.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pexels-photo-5254061.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pexels-photo-5254061.jpeg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pexels-photo-5254061.jpeg?resize=400%2C300&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pexels-photo-5254061.jpeg?resize=200%2C150&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pexels-photo-5254061.jpeg?resize=1568%2C1176&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pexels-photo-5254061.jpeg?w=1733&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1733w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pexels-photo-5254061-1500x1125.jpeg?w=370&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">El virus se transmite a trav\u00e9s de las picaduras de mosquito. Cr\u00e9dito: Ravi Kant on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/mosquito-on-human-skin-5254061\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pexels.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Como suele ocurrir con otros virus, en el ciclo selv\u00e1tico hay animales que funcionan como reservorios, ya que los virus pueden reproducirse y mantenerse ah\u00ed sin causarles pr\u00e1cticamente s\u00edntomas. En este caso, parece ser que los reservorios m\u00e1s comunes son <strong>el tit\u00ed de pincel negro, el perezoso de tres dedos y quiz\u00e1s algunas aves.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Una vez transmitido a los humanos desde los animales y con los mosquitos como vector, tambi\u00e9n puede pasar de humano a humano, pero siempre con el insecto como intermediario.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-por-que-han-aumentado-tanto-los-casos-de-oropouche\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%C2%BFPor_que_han_aumentado_tanto_los_casos_de_oropouche\"><\/span>\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 han aumentado tanto los casos de oropouche?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>El virus oropouche fue descubierto en 1955, en un trabajador forestal de la <strong>vega de Oropouche<\/strong>, en Trinidad. No obstante, los primeros grandes brotes se dieron ya en la d\u00e9cada de 1960, sobre todo en Brasil. Desde entonces se considera que se han infectado en todo el mundo alrededor de medio mill\u00f3n de personas, pero sobre todo en las regiones tropicales mencionadas anteriormente.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"443\" alt=\"oropouche\" class=\"wp-image-1807265 perfmatters-lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2560px-STAPP_076_South_Oropouche_Oropouche_Swamp-1500x851.jpg?resize=780%2C443&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2560px-STAPP_076_South_Oropouche_Oropouche_Swamp.jpg?resize=1500%2C851&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2560px-STAPP_076_South_Oropouche_Oropouche_Swamp.jpg?resize=800%2C454&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 800w, 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loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2560px-STAPP_076_South_Oropouche_Oropouche_Swamp-1500x851.jpg?resize=780%2C443&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"oropouche\" class=\"wp-image-1807265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2560px-STAPP_076_South_Oropouche_Oropouche_Swamp.jpg?resize=1500%2C851&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2560px-STAPP_076_South_Oropouche_Oropouche_Swamp.jpg?resize=800%2C454&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2560px-STAPP_076_South_Oropouche_Oropouche_Swamp.jpg?resize=768%2C436&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2560px-STAPP_076_South_Oropouche_Oropouche_Swamp.jpg?resize=1536%2C871&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2560px-STAPP_076_South_Oropouche_Oropouche_Swamp.jpg?resize=2048%2C1162&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2560px-STAPP_076_South_Oropouche_Oropouche_Swamp.jpg?resize=1200%2C681&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2560px-STAPP_076_South_Oropouche_Oropouche_Swamp.jpg?resize=1024%2C581&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2560px-STAPP_076_South_Oropouche_Oropouche_Swamp.jpg?resize=1568%2C889&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2560px-STAPP_076_South_Oropouche_Oropouche_Swamp.jpg?resize=2000%2C1134&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2560px-STAPP_076_South_Oropouche_Oropouche_Swamp.jpg?resize=400%2C227&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2560px-STAPP_076_South_Oropouche_Oropouche_Swamp.jpg?w=2340&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 2340w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2560px-STAPP_076_South_Oropouche_Oropouche_Swamp-1500x851.jpg?w=370&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">El virus fue descrito por primera vez en la zona de Oropouche, en Trinidad. Cr\u00e9dito: Grueslayer (Wiimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Todo esto nos demuestra que el virus oropouche no es algo nuevo. Pero s\u00ed se est\u00e1 volviendo cada vez m\u00e1s preocupante. No hay m\u00e1s que ver las cifras. En todo 2023, se registraron en Brasil <strong>832 casos del virus.<\/strong> Sin embargo, en lo que va de 2024 se han diagnosticado ya <strong>m\u00e1s de 7.000 casos.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Las causas de esta expansi\u00f3n de la enfermedad parecen ser sobre todo <strong>el cambio clim\u00e1tico y la deforestaci\u00f3n<\/strong>. Por el primer motivo <strong>aumentan las inundaciones y las temperaturas<\/strong>, propiciando un ambiente id\u00f3neo para el desarrollo de las larvas de los mosquitos. En cuanto a la deforestaci\u00f3n, est\u00e1 provocando tambi\u00e9n la p\u00e9rdida o el desplazamiento de algunas especies animales. Los mosquitos se quedan sin animales salvajes de los que alimentarse, por lo que pican m\u00e1s a las personas, transmiti\u00e9ndoles pat\u00f3genos como el virus oropouche.<\/p>\n<p>Tambi\u00e9n puede que se hayan producido <strong>mutaciones <\/strong>que hayan aumentado su capacidad infectiva, pero eso es algo que est\u00e1 por demostrar. No es una enfermedad grave, pero sobran los motivos para tomar precauciones y <a href=\"https:\/\/hipertextual.com\/2024\/08\/remedios-mosquitos-funcionan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">repeler a los mosquitos<\/a> en la medida de los posible cuando viajemos a esas regiones.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section id=\"block-74\" class=\"below-content widget widget_block\">\n<\/section>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hipertextual.com\/2024\/08\/virus-oropouche\" class=\" target=\" title=\"llega a Espa\u00f1a el virus que tanto preocupa en Brasil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ver fuente<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El virus oropouche no es nuevo. De hecho, fue descrito por primera vez en 1955. Sin embargo, este 2024 ha habido tal aumento de casos en todo el mundo que las autoridades sanitarias est\u00e1n preocupadas por su avance en el futuro. Es un virus propio de zonas tropicales de Am\u00e9rica central y del sur, as\u00ed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tecnologia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}