no the sloth fever will not turn you into the lazy and furry mammal it can however make you very sick to make matters worse the US Health authorities say there are no vaccines or medicines to prevent or treat the disease more than 20 people returning to the US from Cuba have been infected with the AA push virus also known as sloth fever while there has been no fatality so far us officials have warned medical professionals to be on the lookout the virus was dubb sloth fever because scientists first investigating the virus founded in a three-toed sloth later thought to be a vector of the disease but the recent outbreak has largely been attributed to small flies called and some types of mosquitoes person to person transmission is yet to be recorded those infected have said it is similar to a zika or malaria fever headaches and muscle aches are common and some Infected people also suffer diarrhea nausea vomiting or rash