sloth fever – UF Innovate https://innovate.research.ufl.edu Building business on innovation Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:31:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://innovate.research.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/favicon-blue_1.png sloth fever – UF Innovate https://innovate.research.ufl.edu 32 32 Sloth Fever Unlikely To Spread via Mosquitoes in Southeastern US (UF News) https://innovate.research.ufl.edu/sloth-fever/ Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:31:14 +0000 https://innovate.research.ufl.edu/?p=20851 In 2024, “sloth fever” hit the news cycle as a new public health threat: The virus was found in people who’d recently traveled to Cuba, and the serious health risks associated with the disease prompted concern about whether it could spread and become established in the U.S.

Sloth fever is the popularized name of the illness caused by the Oropouche virus, which is endemic to countries like Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba and Peru, and it is primarily spread from person to person by a species of no-see-um. In 2024, about 105 travel-related cases of Oropouche virus infection were spotted in the U.S. – about 103 of which arrived in Florida, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 

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