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VECTOR BORNE & DEVICE ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS

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VECTOR BORNE VIRUSES
passed to a human via arthropod vectors (mosquitos, ticks, fleas)
flaviviruses
Enveloped. ss(+)RNA, linear. Icosahedral capsid. HCV Yellow fever Dengue West Nile Virus (=arbovirus)
Flaviviruses (most hemorrhagic fevers)
west nile virus
yellow fever virus
dengue fever virus
Hantaviruses
A group of viruses that are found in rodents and can be transmitted to humans
Arenaviruses
LCMV -- lymphocyticc choriomeningitis virus. Lassa virus (spread by mice)
Machupovirus
vector borne viruses
Flaviviruses
Hantaviruses
Arenaviruses
vector borne parasites
protozoan parasites!
-Trypanosoma cruzi
-Plasmodium falciparum
-Babesia microti
vector borne bacteris
Borrelia burgdorferi
Device associated infections come from
catheters
chunts
prosthetics
what kind of viruses are flaviviruses
(+) ssRNA virus
most flaviviruses are
arboviruses (arthropod-borne viruses)
in flaviviruses, genomic RNA is translated into a single polyprotein

T/F
true
How is yellow fever transmitted?
mosquitos (Aedes aegypti)
YF incubation
3-6 days
YF clinical features
fever, chills, muscle aches, nausea (mild)
jaundice
viral hemorrhagic fever (septic shock, vasculitis, multiple organ failure, jaundice)
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