An ‘unstoppable outbreak’ of ‘Sloth fever’ has hit Europe after killing patients in Brazil.
A woman, 26, and a 45-year-old man who had both visited Cuba went to hospital in Italy with symptoms of Oropouche The Lancet reports.
The woman reported suffering from fever and diarrhoea after travelling to Cuba’s Ciego de Avilla province, returning to Verona on May 26.
The man also experienced symptoms visiting Havana and Santiago de Cuba before seeking medical attention in Fori, northern Italy on June 7.
Dr Danny Altmann, Professor of Immunology at Imperial College London, told The Telegraph: ‘We should definitely be worried. Things are changing…
