Micro - 4th Asessment - Vector Borne & Zoonotic Infections - 2007

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VECTOR BORNE, ZOONOTIC AND HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUSES 4TH Year, February, 2007

Summary of vector borne, zoonotic and hemorrhagic fever viruses Virus

Mosquito

Tick

Flaviviruse s

Japanese BEV West Nile FV Yellow FV Dengue FV O’nyong nyong Chikungunya

Tick-borne EV Kyasanur Forest DV

Togaviruse s

Bunyavirus es

Rift Valley FV CongoCrimean HFV.

Rodent

Other Sandfly FV

Hantan FV.

Lassa FV Arenavirus

Ebola, Marburg

Japanese B Encephalitis Virus 

JBEV, ssRNA, enveloped virus, antigen relation to: West Nile Fever Virus St. Luis EV Murray Valley EV Endemic in: Japan, Philippines, Korea, Indonesia, India, China

West Nile Fever Virus   



Endemic in Africa, Europe Recently detected in USA, 1999/2000 Transmission: associated with birds and mosquitoes Encephalitis, muscular weakness

Aedes vexans

Flamingo

crow

Yellow Fever Virus (YFV)-1 



Pathogenesis: Necrosis of hepatocytes Formation of inclusion bodies Clinical feature: Rising temperature with slow pulse, epigastric pain, jaundice, epistaxis, hematemesis (black vomit), hemorrhegies

Yellow Fever Virus-2 

Transmission cycle: 1. Jungle (forest): monkey-mosq.-man 2. Urban (City): man-mosq.-man



Prevention: Live, attenuated vaccine

Aedes egypti

Dengue Fever Virus (DFV)1    

500 000 hosp./year 25 000 death 4 serotypes Endemic areas: Americas Africa Indian subcontinent

Dengue Fever Virus-2 



Clinical features: 1. Mild, non specific 2. Break-bone fever 3. Hemorrhagic fever ecchymosis 4. Dengue shock syndrome Severity depends: type of infection (primary or secondary)

Dengue Fever Virus-3   



Transmission: Aedes egypti Spreading rapidly From Mexico to USA, Saudi Arabia (300 cases) Prevention: Mosquito control, water reservoirs

Dengue virus situation in Kuwait 





Laboratory investigations: 1. Virus isolation 2. Serology, IgM 3. RT-PCR Results: 1. 9 pts – IgM+ 2. DFV type 2, detected by PCR Importation of DFV to Kuwait

Tick-borne Encephalitis (TBE) Viruses   

Endemic in Europe Fatality rate: 2-30% Prevention: Inactivated vaccine

Ixodes species orienteering

Kyasanur Forest Disease Virus (KFDV)   



Endemic in India Belongs to TBE group Transmitted by ticks, transmission involves bats and birds Killed vaccine is available

Sandfly Fever Virus (SFV)

Endemic in Mediterranean countries  Transmission: sandfly (Phl. papatasi)  Virus strains: Naples Sicilian 

Phlebotomus papatasi

Rift Valley Fever Virus (RVFV)-1 



 

Rift Valley area in Kenya Egypt: 1977, 200 000 cases, 600 died from HF Recently: in Saudi and Yemen Clinical feature: 1. Mild, febrile illness 2. Neurological manif. 3. HF

Rift Valley Fever Virus-2 





Transmission: 1. Mosquito bite 2. Close animal contact Diagnosis: IgM, Isol, PCR Control/prev/treatm: Eradication, vaccine Ribavirin Mosquito- borne zoonosis

RVFV in Saudi Arabia/Yemen 

In year 2000:

Severe dis. 516 cases 87 deaths (17%)

Crimean-Congo HF Virus (CCHFV)-1   





1944, Crimean peninsula 1956, Congo Endemic in: Africa, Asia, Europe Clinical feature: 1. High fever, nausea, hepatitis 2. HF: epistaxis, melena hematemesis, ecchymosis Mortality: 30%

Crimean-Congo HF Virus-2 

 



Transmission: 1. Close animal contact 2. Vector: tick Tick-borne zoonosis Prev/control: vector eradication Treatment: Ribavirin

Hantaviruses-1 

Strains:



Diseases:-

Hantaan, Seoul, Puumala, Four Corner   



1. HF with renal syndrome 2. Nephropathia epidemica 3. Pulmonary syndrome (HPS)

Spreading rapidly: 

 

USA, Four Corner Area (U. C, NM, A) High mortality: 60% Zoonosis

Hantaviruses-2 







Transmission: 1. Rodents as reservoirs Diagnosis: IgM, IF for Ag detection PCR Prevention: Rodent control Treatment: Ribavirin

deer mouse

Arena viruses 

    

Virion: sandy appearance, ambisense, segmented RNA Viruses infecting humans: Junin – Argentinian HF Machupo – Bolivian HF Lassa HF – Africa All cause HFs

Filo viruses  



 

Virion: negative sense, ssRNA Viruses: Marburg Ebola Reston Clinical features: capillary, leakage, profuse bleeding, HF Mortality: 70-85 % Diagnosis: Special lab.

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