#12 Emerging Viruses Flashcards
saw UN troops get this in Korea
Hanta Virus:
Symptoms: fever, hemorrhage, headache, acute renal fail and 5-10% mortality
Hanta virus
- Acute onset pulmonary edema
- shock
- death
Hanta virus
Acute pulmonary syndrome
identified as Hantavirus or ‘Sin Nombre virus’
] Virus host: deer mouse transmitted by human close contact/ aerosolized virus from droppings/urine
hanta virus
c. Disease: Hantivirus-induced Pulmonary Syndrome or induced Cardio-pulmonary syndrome
- saw pulmonary edeam and death w/in days
d. Emergence: increased contact with mice d/t high rainfall, plentifull food for mice, increased mice populatin
Control of hantavirus
none really.. be cafeful of mouse shit
- Arthorpod-borne (Arbo) viruses cause three general types of disease:
Fever+/- maculopapular rash and Hemorrhagic fever
West nile and Dengue are Flavivirus
WN:
Dengue:
WN:cuases mild fever or serious encephalitis
Dengue :causes fever or more serious hemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome
causes fever or more serious hemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome
dengue virus
Emergence of WNV/SCR and dengue dt
Emergence of these viruses/disease d/t increased range of ventor (dengue) or indroduction of virus reservroir (bird, human, mosquito) into new area of West Nile
History of WNV
- 1999 see unusual deaths of exotic birds in Bronx and then crows and jays in NYC
- virsds and Culex pipeins mosquitoes tested + for WN
- not long after, human cases noted
- Saw increase in West Nile virus in US in 2012 ~ could be d/t weather (such as mild winter and hot summer)
Transmission of arboviral encephalitis:
WNV or SLE and Dengue
Virus reservior in birds→ to arthropod as vector (mosquito) or the culex pipeins which drinks infected blood from bird→ transmists to uninfected bird→Horse or uman are IG dead end hosts
Clincal features of WN fever
Fever, fatigue, swollen lymph glands, headache, skin rash, eye pain
Severe WN fever
meningitis, encephalitis: see fever, ataxia, myelitis and change in mental status
Diagnosis of WNV infection: relies on high index of clinical suspicion and results of specific lab tests
adults over 50 of age or older with unexplained encephalis or menintigits in later summer/fall
-l (dead birds)