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Arboviruses Flashcards

1
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Enzootic

A

use mammals or birds as natural hosts, humans may be a dead end

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Name four main viral families of arboviruses.

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Family: Togaviridae
Genus: Flavivirus
G: Alphavirus
F: Bunyavirus
G: Bunyavirus
G: Phlebovirus
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Name diseases in T. Flavivirus.

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~ Dengue
~ Yellow fever
~ Japanese encephalitis
~ West Nile fever

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Name diseases in T. Alphavirus.

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Chikungunya

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Name diseases in B. Bunyavirus.

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LaCrosse virus

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Name diseases in B. Phlebovirus.

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Rift Valley Fever

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Extrinsic incubation period

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time between blood-feeding and transmission - varies with virus, temp, mosquito
generally 8-14 days

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Transovarial transmission

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transmission from female mosquito to eggs, offspring effected, v rare

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9
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Arthralgia

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joint pain

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E glycoprotein

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associated with receptor binding, antibody response, haemagglutination
(dengue)

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E&M proteins

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span lipid envelope, form outer protective later

dengue

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7N (non-structural) proteins

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associated with viral replication and assembly

dengue

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Dengue

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Diapause

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period of suspended development in an insect, especially during unfavourable environmental conditions

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15
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Yellow fever

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Zoonosis
3 cycles:
~ Jungle (Aedes africanus + monkeys)
~ Urban (Aedes aegypti + Human)
~ Savannah/Intermediate (Aedes spp. and non-human/human primate_
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Japanese encephalitis

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~ zoonosis
~ Culex mosquitoes
~ herons/egrets are maintain hosts
~ pig amplifying hosts

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West Nile Virus

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Enzootic
~ cycle between passeriform birds and Culex mosquitoes
~ spillover transmission to humans and equids (dead ends)

18
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Chikungunya

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~ zoonosis + emerging alphavirus

~ cycles between monkeys, birds, cattle + rodents

19
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Rift Valley Fever

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Zoonosis

~ domestic livestock and over 30 mosquito spp. incl. Aedes, Culex + Anopheles

20
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Zika

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~ transmitted by Aedes aegypti

~ occurs in wild and urban areas

21
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Haemolymph

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mosquito body cavity

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