BIOL 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: 1918 Flu Pandemic, Arbovirus, Flu Season
21 Oct 2017
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Zika virus first identified in uganda in zika forest: meeting of diverse ecotypes, ecosystems in africa, virus research centre by rockefeller in zika forest. Built high platforms/ towers: took animals in cages in different heights viral vectors travelling at different heights may infect differentially according to height. 1947: zika virus found (macac serum) cultured virus in mouse brains. Birthplace: somewhere in uganda spread rapidly, globally. Brazil: favourable conditions for mosquito, zika also mutated in dangerous form. Family tree of zika and evolution vaccine of zika virus will be based on vaccine of yellow fever virus. Need to know where, how, secondary host, vectors, maintenance in host etc. Flunet: high frequency of h1n1 in 2016 in northern hemisphere: swine flu virus. Must predict a year early for vaccine to be effective. Origin unknown: possibly barracks in france, kansas us camps, chinese labourers brought in for wwi (virus from china)
