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It's a virus you may not have heard of. Here's why scientists are worried about it

A health worker fumigates the basement of a building in Havana as Cuban health authorities launch small-scale efforts to fight the spread of the oropouche virus, which is transmitted by midge and mosquito bites. (Reuters)
A health worker fumigates the basement of a building in Havana as Cuban health authorities launch small-scale efforts to fight the spread of the oropouche virus, which is transmitted by midge and mosquito bites. (Reuters)

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