PDF-Chikungunya Virus

Information for the Public July 2014 Division of Infectious Disease Epidemiology 350 Capitol Street Room 125 Charleston WV 25301 3715 Phone 3045585358 or 800 423 1271 Fax 3045586335. Charles J. Russell, PhD. postdoc: Crystal Burke, PhD. Funding: NIAID R01AI083370. HPIV1, HPIV2, HPIV3. leading cause of pediatric hospitalization (21,000/. yr. in USA). . virtually all infected by age 5; reinfections common but usually less severe. Un Tema Social. Liceo Mixto La Milagrosa. CHIKUNGUNYA. DAVID SANTIAGO CAJAS TORRES. Contenido. Que es. Síntomas. Causas. Tratamiento. QUE ES. Es un virus transmitido por el mosquito ,que provoca fiebre, diarrea entre otros casos por lo general . I n t e g r . i. t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e. ANGRC. Joint Base Andrews. UNCLASSIFIED. UNCLASSIFIED. Tropical Medicine : Dengue Fever. Bryan S. . Delage. MD COL MC FS SAS. JFHQ North Dakota National Guard. Msimang V.. 1. , Jansen van Vuren P.. 1. , Weyer . J.. 1. , Le Roux C.. 1. , Kemp, A.. 1. , Paweska J.T.. 1. 1. Centre for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases,. National Institute for Communicable Diseases/NICD, Republic of South Africa (RSA). Ryan Gill, MS4. Chikungunya - an emerging disease. Emerging infectious viral disease spread by mosquitos. Until the 2000s, was not known to exist in the Western hemisphere. Establishment in the US likely inevitable . 23. The causative agent of plague is. a) . Francisella . tularensis.. b) . Yersinia . pestis.. c) . Borrelia . burgdorferi.. d) . Rickettsia . prowazekii.. The causative agent of plague is. a) . Orthomyxoviridae family of viruses. RNA enveloped viruses that make up three genera. Influenzavirus A. Influenzavirus B. Influenzavirus C. The type A viruses are the most virulent among the three, genetically diverse and infecting human, birds and animals. Chikungunya (pronounced chik - en - gun - ye) is a viral disease caused by the Chikungunya virus. Currently, the virus is not indigenous to the continental United States (US), meaning that the virus 66 Neki N. S*, Neeraj Joshi**, Gagandeep Singh Shergill**, Amritpal Singh**, Rajat Kharbanda**, Narinder Kumar Meena** * Professor, ** Junior Resident, *** Senior Resident, Department of Internal Med . Outside . their host cells, viruses survive as . virus particles. , also known as . virions. . The . virion. is a . gene delivery . system; it contains the virus genome, and . its functions . are to protect the genome and to aid its . Bessaud M, Peyrefitte CN, Pastorino BA, Tock F, Merle O, Colpart J, et al. Chikungunya Virus Strains, Reunion Island Outbreak. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006;12(10):1604-1605. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1210.060596. Viruses are very small – smaller than the smallest cell.. They are usually surrounded by a capsid of proteins.. For replication, viruses rely on their host cells . ie. ., the cells they infect.. Most viruses exhibit a limited host range- they typically infect only specific types of cells of one host species.. Rogier EW, Moss DM, Mace KE, Chang M, Jean SE, Bullard SM, et al. Use of Bead-Based Serologic Assay to Evaluate Chikungunya Virus Epidemic, Haiti. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018;24(6):995-1001. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2406.171447. Chahar HS, Bharaj P, Dar L, Guleria R, Kabra SK, Broor S. Co-infections with Chikungunya Virus and Dengue Virus in Delhi, India. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009;15(7):1077-1080. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1507.080638.