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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday reported 21 cases of Oropouche virus disease, also known as sloth fever, in travelers returning from Cuba. Twenty cases have been reported in Florida and one in New York. The disease is spread primarily through bites from midges and from some mosquitoes.
Symptoms of the disease include headache, fever and muscle aches and joint pains, but the virus is rarely fatal. PARVOVIRUS OR ‘SLAPPED CHEEK DISEASE’ IS ON THE RISE, CDC WARNS: HERE’S WHAT TO KNOW A mosquito on human skin. Some mosquitoes can carry sloth fever and give it to humans via bites.
(iStock) There is no indication that the virus is spreading in the U.S. but health officials are warning doctors to be on the lookout for infection in travelers coming from Cuba and South America.
Most patients returning from Cuba reported their symptoms between May and July. Overall, three patients were hospitalized, and no deaths were reported, the CDC said in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. A dire economic crisis in Cuba has made it difficult to control the spread of Oropouche.
Frequent power outages mean many sleep with windows open during the hot Caribbean summer. Few Cubans have access to insect repellents, and fumigation efforts have been stymied by fuel shortages. WITH MPOX A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY IN AFRICA, WHAT YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT INCREASED VIRUS RISK The health body.