GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS Flashcards
Identifying characteristics
● Enveloped; icosahedral, single-stranded
FLAVIVIRIDAE
Identifying characteristics
● virions are spherical
FLAVIVIRIDAE
40-50 nm in diameter
FLAVIVIRIDAE
Clinical manifestation
● encephalitis, febrile illness with rash, hemorrhagic fever
FLAVIVIRIDAE
MOT
● arthropod vectors
FLAVIVIRIDAE
Diagnosis
● isolation, identification
FLAVIVIRIDAE
Incubation period
● 2-15 days
FLAVIVIRIDAE
Control
● vaccine, surveillance of disease activity
FLAVIVIRIDAE
ARBOVIRUS
MOT: Bite of infected arthropods such as mosquitoes and ticks
ARBOVIRUS
DIAGNOSIS: serologic test and molecular testing
ARBOVIRUS
CONTROL: Vaccine
ARBOVIRUS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS: slight fever, headache, muscle or joint pain, skin rash
ARBOVIRUS
Incubation period: 2 days - 2 weeks
ARBOVIRUS
Latin word Toga =
Cloak
● Enveloped, spherical in shape
TOGAVIRIDAE