Arthropod-Borne Viruses (Arboviruses)

Question 1

Arthropod-borne viruses (Arboviruses)

Answer 1

Maintained in nature principally, or to an important extent, through biological transmission between susceptible vertebrate hosts by hematophagous arthropods

Question 2

Vector-borne disease

Answer 2

Infectious diseases transmitted by insects have long been associated with significant human and animal illness and death

more than 17% of all infectious diseases

More than 1 billion human cases, more than 1 million human deaths per year

Question 3

Mosquitoes-borne viruses of significant public health importance

Answer 3

• West nile
  
  • Important horse and human pathogen.
• Chikungunya
• Zika
• Dengue Fever
• Yellow Fever
• Japanese Encephalitis