what is oropo virus the emerging threat is Raising concern among Health officials a little known disease spread by insect bites has turned deadly and health officials are sounding the alarm more than 8,000 cases of Oro virus have been reported this year primarily in South America the Pan-American Health Organization has issued an epidemiological alert and raised the public health risk level to high the US Centers for Disease Control and prevention warns Healthcare Providers to be vigilant and advises pregnant women to avoid infected areas about 60% of infected people develop symptoms similar to Deng or zika including fever headache muscle pain and Joint stiffness oropo virus spreads through insect bites particularly from biting midges and certain mosquitoes and is endemic to the Amazon basin the current outbreak is spreading rapidly with cases reported in Bolivia Brazil Colombia Cuba and Peru as well as travel related cases in the US and Europe there is no vaccine or specific antiviral treat treatment for Oro virus so prevention focuses on avoiding insect bites and using effective mosquito repellents