An outbreak of ‘Sloth fever’ has hit Europe after killing ... symptoms visiting Havana and Santiago de Cuba before seeking medical attention in Fori, northern Italy on June 7.

Carob the sloth, 36, of the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium, went on a medical journey after his keepers saw swelling in his jaw. He had a history of dental problems so staff quickly took him to a ...

The Lancet medical journal reported that the virus has a reservoir in pale-throated sloths, but also non-human primates and birds. Nonetheless the possible link to sloths seems to have caught on.