Yes, serious complications such as encephalitis and meningitis (inflammation of the brain and surrounding membranes) have occasionally been reported.
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Sloth fever is not directly contagious between humans. It is transmitted through the bites of infected mosquitoes and biting midges.
“Sloth fever” is caused by the Oropouche virus and is formally known as Oropouche virus disease or Oropouche fever.
The Oropouche virus was first identified in 1955.
Sloth fever is caused by the Oropouche virus, an orthobunyavirus.