The Brusque Health Department confirms the registration of four cases of Oropouche fever.
The disease is caused by an arbovirus and is transmitted mainly by mosquitoes, the main one being the maruim.
The confirmed cases are residents of the neighborhoods: Limeira, São Pedro, Dom Joaquim and Bateas. All those affected are well and following the procedures.
The symptoms of Oropouche fever are very similar to those of dengue, such as body pain, headache, nausea and diarrhea. There is still no specific treatment to treat the disease.
In case of symptoms, the patient must seek a Basic Health Unit (UBS) to be able to carry out tests and identify the disease.
In Santa Catarina, now with cases registered in Brusque, there are 10 confirmed cases of the disease, four in the municipality, five in the neighboring city, Botuverá, and one more in Luiz Alves.
According to the State Health Department, a series of complementary actions in the locations will be developed by the Municipal Health Departments in conjunction with the State and the Ministry of Health, such as systematizing information on suspected and confirmed cases (movements, symptoms, clinical picture, etc.), collecting vectors for entomological surveys and forwarding samples from other patients for testing by the Santa Catarina Central Public Health Laboratory, with the aim of strengthening disease surveillance.
