For months now, the accumulated garbage on the streets of several Cuban cities has become part of the urban landscape.

The sudden surge of the Oropouche virus in 2023, infecting 23,000 people, has raised concerns about a potential large-scale ...

A tiny insect called a midge spreads the disease, and the earliest known case dates back to 1955 in a forest worker near a ...

I n recent years, South America has seen the rise of a relatively old but unknown virus that could prove deadly in future ...

Indeed, Oropouche can mimic dengue and chikungunya with similar symptoms of fever, chills, headache and myalgias, which can often cause the infection to be misdiagnosed.

Similar to viruses like dengue and Zika, Oropouche virus symptoms include fever, chills, headache, and muscle aches. The incubation period is 3–10 days, and symptoms last 2–7 days and may ...

BRAIN-swelling ‘sloth fever’ could be passed on in the womb, experts fear. Their warning comes after a mum tragically lost her baby before it was born, following infection with the viru… ...

People with Oropouche fever typically have a sudden fever, aches and pains, and nausea. Most cases are mild, but some people have developed encephalitis and meningitis.

Background Oropouche fever is endemic to the Amazon basin, but outbreaks have spread to countries like Brazil, Peru, Panama, and beyond, with over half a million cases since its discovery.

“Oropouche is a little different because it’s more spread by midges, which is a unique aspect, but many of the symptoms — fever, headaches, nausea and vomiting — are the same,” says Dr ...

Oropouche virus disease, or sloth fever, is an arboviral disease caused by the Oropouche virus. The virus gets its name from a village in Trinidad and Tobago, where it was first detected in a 24 ...