encephalitis Flashcards
Diagnose viral encephalitis based on history, clinical presentation, and lab findings. Differentiate Eastern equine, Western equine, West Nile, St. Louis, California, and Japan encephalitis viruses. Diagnose hanta virus infection based on history, clinical presentation, and lab findings. Identify three viruses that cause hemorrhagic disease. Diagnose lymphocytic choriomeningitis based on history, clinical presentation, and lab findings
virus causing eastern equine E
togavirus
virus causing venezualan equine E
togavirus
virus causing westen equine E
togavirus
virus causing rubella virus
rubivorus
morphology of togavirus
enveloped, RNA,
virus causing yellow fever
flaviviridae
virus casuing dengue
flaviviridae
virus causing st louis/japanese/west nile E
flaviviridae
virus causing california/La crosse E
bunyaviridae
main difference in tranmission between buyaviridae and other arboviruses
can be transmitted from adults to eggs (transovarially)
type of virus causing colorado tick fever
orbivirus
sx of colorado tick fever
acute onset of fever, chills, headache, severe back and leg pain
main resivoir of colorado tick fever
ground squirrel
early onsex sx of arbovirus infection
nausea, headache, fever, muscle ache, malaise and leukopenia
encephalitis sx
headache, insomnia, letharg, ataxia, tremors, convulsions and coma
resiviors for arbovirus encephalitis viruses
birds and wild rodents
highest fatality encephalitis
eastern equine
high fatality flaviridae encephalitis
St Louis
Encephalitis with a horse resivior
VEE
family of Encephalitis infecting kids
toga/bunyaviridae
causes severe necrosis of CNS and viscera
EEE
encchepalitis confined to eastern US
EEE
leading cause of epidemic encephalitis
St Louis