“It is an arbovirus belonging to the Peribunyaviridae family. It was first detected in 1955 near the Oropouche River in Trinidad, followed by several outbreaks in Brazil towards the end of the ...

Brazilian scientists said this week that the samples of the Oropouche virus recently detected in South America's largest country could belong to a new variant. According to the latest study on the ...

The detection of 21 cases of the insect-borne Oropouche virus disease, also known as "sloth fever," in U.S. travelers returning from Cuba has prompted health officials to issue a warning.

The Peruvian Ministry of Health and the WHO conducted a joint field mission to Peru’s Madre de Dios Region in February, finding a mixed outbreak of dengue virus and Oropouche virus infections. This ...

A new study uncovers how Oropouche virus is breaking out of the Amazon, spreading across Brazil and beyond. Scientists warn that environmental changes, human mobility, and viral evolution are ...

TASS/. Two female residents of Brazil have become the world's first people to die from Oropouche fever, the republic's Health Ministry said. The two women, from the Bahia state in the east of the ...