Yes, serious complications such as encephalitis and meningitis (inflammation of the brain and surrounding membranes) have occasionally been reported.  

Sloth fever is not directly contagious between humans. It is transmitted through the bites of infected mosquitoes and biting midges.  

The Oropouche virus was named after a village in Trinidad and Tobago where the virus was first isolated from an infected person.  

Orthobunyaviruses are a group of viruses that includes the Oropouche virus, which is different from flaviviruses like dengue and alphaviruses like chikungunya.  

No, despite the name, Sloth fever is not contracted via contact with sloths.  

The Oropouche virus was first identified in 1955.  

Sloth fever symptoms are similar to those of other viral infections, making it difficult to distinguish without specific medical testing.