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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

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virus causing eastern equine E

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togavirus

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virus causing venezualan equine E

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togavirus

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virus causing westen equine E

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togavirus

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virus causing rubella virus

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rubivorus

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morphology of togavirus

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enveloped, RNA,

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virus causing yellow fever

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flaviviridae

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virus casuing dengue

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flaviviridae

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virus causing st louis/japanese/west nile E

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flaviviridae

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virus causing california/La crosse E

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bunyaviridae

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main difference in tranmission between buyaviridae and other arboviruses

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can be transmitted from adults to eggs (transovarially)

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type of virus causing colorado tick fever

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orbivirus

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sx of colorado tick fever

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acute onset of fever, chills, headache, severe back and leg pain

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main resivoir of colorado tick fever

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ground squirrel

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early onsex sx of arbovirus infection

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nausea, headache, fever, muscle ache, malaise and leukopenia

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encephalitis sx

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headache, insomnia, letharg, ataxia, tremors, convulsions and coma

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resiviors for arbovirus encephalitis viruses

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birds and wild rodents

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highest fatality encephalitis

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eastern equine

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high fatality flaviridae encephalitis

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St Louis

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Encephalitis with a horse resivior

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VEE

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family of Encephalitis infecting kids

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toga/bunyaviridae

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causes severe necrosis of CNS and viscera

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EEE

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encchepalitis confined to eastern US

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EEE

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leading cause of epidemic encephalitis

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St Louis

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type of virus causing STL E

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flavivirus

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Encephalitis endemic to upper midwest

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california/LaCrosse

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Enchephalitis causing fever, convulsions, drowsiness, and neurologic signs

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cause of CEV/LEV

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bunyavirus

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cause of VEE

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cause of west nile

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flavivirus

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clincial signs of west nile

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fever, rash, and headache

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epidemic enphepalitis found in every state

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99% of ____ infections are asymtomatic

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early way to differentiate arbovirus from herpes encephalitis

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Hx of outdoor travel and travel to endemic areas. Lab - IgM in CSF/RT-PCR in blood

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______ production can triggger adaptive immune response to endemic encephalitis

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interferon

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antivirus in all suspected encephalitis

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sx of dengue

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fever, myalgia, anorexia, asthenia, maculopapular or petechial rash

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severe form of dengue

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dengue hemorrhagic fever

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dengue hemorrhagic fever found more often in what population

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otherwise healthy kids

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possible mechanism for dengue hemorrhagic fever

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pre-existing antibody to virus enhances binding and uptake of flaviiviruses to macrophages

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virus causing dengue

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flaviviridae

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are dengue mosquitos that vector dengue present in US

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areas reporting sporadic dengue cases

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texas and florida

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major endemic areas of yellow fever

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S America and Africa

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systemic disease resulting in jaudince from liver involvment

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yellow fever

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two phase mosquito bourne virus

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yellow fever

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sx of phase I yellow fever

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flu like sx, n/v

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sx of phase ii yellow fever

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jaundice, GI involvement, DIC and shock

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urban yellow fever spread my man-mosquito-man

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jungle yellow fever spread by

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mosquito-monkey-mosquito-man

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type if mosquito carrying yellow fever

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aedes aegypti

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granular/sandy looking viruses

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arenaviruses

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type of virus passed from rodents to humans

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arenaviruses

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major arenavirus in the US

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lymphatic choriomeningitis

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clinical manifestation of lypmoocytic choriomenigitis

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viral pneumibitis or meningitis

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virus that causes hemorrhagic fevers 92)

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arenavirus and hantavirus

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3 arenavirus hemorrhagic fevers

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lassa, Junin and machupo

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junin and machupo endemic to

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South America

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sx of hantavirus

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flu like sx, pulmonary edema leading to respiratory failure

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