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The oropouche virus is an emerging infectious agent which causes the illness oropouche fever. [13] This virus is an arbovirus and is transmitted among sloths, marsupials, primates, and birds through mosquito species including Aedes serratus and Culex quinquefasciatus . [ 1 ]
Oropouche is a virus that is native to forested tropical areas. It was first identified in 1955 in a 24-year-old forest worker on the island of Trinidad, and was named for a nearby village and ...
The CDC is sending out a warning about the Oropouche virus — also known as “sloth fever” — as several cases have been reported in Florida Hoberman Collection/Universal Images Group via Getty
Oropouche, a.k.a. sloth virus, has been detected in Europe for the first time. The disease can cause intense symptoms that come on fast. There is no vaccine or treatment for the sloth virus.
Oropouche orthobunyavirus (OROV) is one of the most common orthobunyaviruses. When OROV infects humans, it causes a rapid fever illness called Oropouche fever . OROV was originally reported in Trinidad and Tobago in 1955 from the blood sample of a fever patient and from a pool of Coquillettidia venezuelensis mosquitoes. [ 1 ]
It has sometimes been called sloth fever because scientists first investigating the virus found it in a three-toed sloth, and believed sloths were important in its spread between insects and animals. How does Oropouche virus spread? The virus is spread to humans by small biting flies called midges, and by some types of mosquitoes.
As of Aug. 16, there have been 21 cases of Oropouche virus disease, sometimes called "sloth fever," detected among U.S. travelers returning from Cuba, according to the Centers for Disease Control ...
An outbreak of Oropouche fever began in December 2023. Over 9,852 infections have been reported, including the first outside the Amazon region to which Oropouche virus is endemic. Although most cases have occurred in Brazil, local transmission has also been reported in Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, and Cuba.