United States: U.S. health officials are warning people who travel to be careful because of a dangerous virus called sloth fever.
As reported by HealthDay, this virus is spread by insects and has already made 21 people sick in the U.S. who came back from Cuba. Many more people in South America and the Caribbean have also been affected. It’s important to take precautions to stay safe from this illness.
Oropouche Virus Disease: A Growing Threat:
An almost about 8,000 cases of the Oropouche virus disease have been reported through this month and Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Columbia and Cuba as well and the cases also have surfaced in the United States and also in the some of the European Countries which involves travellers who are returning from the countries like Cuba and Brazil according to the CDC which has reported it on Wednesday.
What is this sloth fever?
Sloth fever is an informal name for Oropouche virus infections which was first found in the Trinidad an Tobago in the year 1995 and this particular virus spreads by the midge and the mosquito bites and is endemic in the Central and the eastern South America..
There are a lot of the cases which has been detected in the different countries like Brazil and the other European countries which are also affecting from the virus, and which could really be dangerous to the citizens.
Although, this Oropouche virus is informally known as sloth fever and the disease which also can be transmitted to rodents and monkey and the birds.
Major symptoms of sloth fever?
Most of the infections are mild but two otherwise healthy Brazil women who ages in between 21 to 24 died after contracting this virus said the officials and the symptoms which appear three to 10 days after a person has been infected include the fever, chills, headaches and muscle and the joint pain or also some kind of stiffness.
Other symptoms which may include vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue, rash, stomach pain and light sensitivity and the eye redness.
Doctors treat these symptoms with rest, fluids and the acetaminophen for the fever and the pain.
Public health officials say they are especially concerned about the cases involving mother-to-fetus transmission and also there is no vaccination and there are no antiviral treatments for Oropouche.