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Mosquitoes and Zoonoses Flashcards

1
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How are most disease acquired by mosquitoes

A

Blood meal

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2
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How are disease transmitted by mosquito?

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During feeding

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3
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What viruses make up the Equine Encephalitis viruses

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Western Equine Encephalitis
Eastern Equine Encephalitis
Venezuelan equine encephalitis

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4
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What do equine encephalitis viruses cause in horses and humans?

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Encephalitis and fever

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5
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What are natural reservoirs for Western and Eastern Equine Encephalitis Viruses?

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Birds

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6
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What is the enzootic reservoir for Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis?

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Rodents

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7
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What is the epizootic reservoir for Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis?

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Horses

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8
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Incidental hosts

A

dead end hosts that cannot infect mosquitoes

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9
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What is the enzootic reservoir cycle for the Encephalitis viruses?

A

Wild birds and mosquitoes

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10
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What is the epizootic cycle for Eastern encephalitis virus?

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Between birds and incidental hosts (horses, humans, swine, ratites)

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11
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Which virus is the most virulent of the Equine Encephalitis viruses?

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Eastern

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12
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What are the clinical signs of Equine Encephalitis viruses in equines?

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Fever, Anorexia, lethargy

Excitability, drowsiness, paresis, seizures, coma

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13
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What are the clinical signs for EEEV in Swine and Ratites?

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GI disease

Hepatits

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14
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What are the clinical signs of all EEVs in humans?

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Flu-like illness
encephalitis
Coma
death

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15
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What is the enzootic cycle for VEEV?

A

Rodents and mosquitoes

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16
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What is the clinical sign for VEEV in equines?

A

Peracute death

17
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What are the cliinical signs of VEEV in humans?

A

Fever

Neurological signs

18
Q

How do you prevent VEED?

A

Report
Sentinel surveillance
Similar control methods to WEEV and EEEV

19
Q

What are the clinical signs for West Nile Virus in horses?

A

Neurological signs: Ataxia, hypermetria, weakness, paresis, recumbency, death

20
Q

What are the clinical signs of West Nile Virus in humans?

A

Asymptomatic
Fever
Neuroinvasive disease

21
Q

How is WNV spread?

A

Bite of an infected mosquito

22
Q

West Nile Virus secondary transmission?

A

bloodborne infection
lab exposure
breast milk

23
Q

What are the clinical signs of Chikungunya?

A 
Fever
Headache
Fatigue
Nausea
vomiting 
muscle pain 
rash 
joint pain

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