Tropical virus causes "sloth fever" panic in United States
Ellsworth Toohey
Adult Biting Midge of the Family Ceratopogonidae (Vinicius R. Souza/shutterstock.com)
Twenty-one cases of Oropouche virus disease, also known as sloth fever, have been reported in the United States (20 in Florida and one in New York), as well as 19 cases in Europe, according to a Washington Post report. Most of these cases involve travelers returning fro…
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