Sloth fever in Europe.An emerging virus called’sloth fever’has been spreading rapidly in the US and Europe.The virus,transmitted by mosquitoes and midges,women.
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- Sloth fever has recently claimed lives in Brazil and has spread to Europe.
- The virus poses serious risk to pregnant women,leading to stillbirth.
A rare virus known as “sloth fever“has veen identified in 21 travellers returning to the US from Cuba,according to the US centers for Disease for controland Prevention (CDC)
Sloth fever,named after its initial discovery in South America sloths,and lavelled a “Mysterious threat” by the Lancet,it is an emerging threat by health expert.
The virus,formally knows as oropoushe fever,has recently claimed the lives of two women in their twenties in Brazil.It is believed to be transmitted by mosquitoes and midges and has now been detected in Europe,with 19 cases repored thes year”12 in spain,five in Italy, and two in Germany.
