ENTO 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus, Myocarditis, Togaviridae
14 Oct 2016
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Supportive treatment for some cases of zika - breathing support. Not caused by bacteria spread by aedes aegypti not transmitted by air (fomites) incubation period is around 12 days eradication of mosquitoes should stop the spread of yellow fever. Primates play a role in transmission, but usually between mosquitoes and humans. Most people do develop symptoms fever and joint pain headache + muscle pain rarely fatal, but it is debilitating recovery takes months -> years. Zoonosis: infectious disease that can be transmitted to humans. Reservoir host: host in which an infectious disease is maintained. Amplifying host: a host in which infectious agents multiply to high concentrations epizootic. Arbovirus = arthropod borne viruses (most are zoonoses) Changes that may cause the spread of various zoonotic diseases: these reasons overlap and make controlling these diseases dif cult population growth unplanned urbanization deforestation globalization increase migration trade of animals increased vector movements.
