Meet the Oropouche virus. It may be visiting your city soon.

Oropouche virus disease was a relatively rare illness for decades , lurking on the margins of tropical rainforests in the Caribbean and South America .

The earliest known case dates back to 1955 in a forest worker in Trinidad .

Since its discovery, there have only been around 500,000 known cases of the disease.

Since then, travelers infected and then brought the virus home in the US , Canada , and Europe .

The 20232024 outbreak of Oropouche virus occurred in major cities in South America .

Researchers are still trying to figure out exactly what caused the outbreak.

The virus is endemic in the Amazon , where it has been circulating for a long time.

People are moving back and forth from the forest to cities, where they can unwittingly carry the virus.

The number of vector-borne disease cases per year has doubled in the US since 2001 .

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