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respiratory syndrome
resembles SARS
transmitted to humans by infected camels
epidemic in the middle eastern countries
transmitted to humans by bats
pandemic
Viral encephalitis
Rabies virus
AIDS related complex
AIDS
cancer
They weren’t infecting humans initially only animals until AIDS
Human T-cell leukemia
sarcoma
lymphoma
leukemia
Culiseta morsitans
Culiseta melanura
HA
altered mental status
paralysis
brain swelling
Deadly disease; death usually occurs within 10 days
referred to as a “bleeding out” type of disease
High fever
West Nile encephalitis
Transmitted by mosquitoes -Culex Univittatus
Host: Bird
Causes: St. Louis encephalitis
Transmitted by mosquitoes -Culex Tarsalis
myalgia
arthralgia
shock
headache
aches
severe convulsion
also called ‘break bone fever’ or break bone disease
Transmitted by mosquitoes -Aedes aegypti
hemorrhagic fever
hepatitis
Arthropod borne virus
Flavivirus
causative agent of German measles
It can be fatal to infants and developing fetus, hence fatal to pregnant women and can lead to death of infants and developing fetus
causes: Meningoencephalitis
Echo virus
Rhinovirus
Coxsackievirus
Causes GI tract infections and esp. people who gets sick on the ship cruise with NVD and other respiratory problems
Coxsackie B
Coxsackie A
Polio virus
Poliomyelitis
respiratory type infections
Causes
Mumps
Measles (also called Rubeola virus)
Rubeola virus: Regular measles, it is more severe than the German measles
respiratory distress esp. in children
Affects Humans
Examples
H5N1 (Avian flu)
H1N1 (Swine flu)
rodent-borne viral infectious disease
meningoencephalitis
aseptic meningitis
swollen baby infection
NVD
back, chest and abdominal pain
proteinuria
conjunctivitis
facial edema
smallpox
Vaccinia virus + equine virus --> a product that looks exactly like HIV
cowpox
Ex: Simian vacuolating virus (SV 40)
Infected the early batches of polio vaccines and caused a lot of CNS problems
Ex: John Cunningham virus (JC virus)
Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML) (a severe deadly brain disease)
Drug: Condylox
Causes: Condyloma acuminata (genital warts)
Mainly affects infants (children about 2 years old)
Roseola infantum
affect the CNS
extreme fever
seizures
encephalitis
cause infant to cry a lot
Kaposi sarcoma
looks like a bluish purplish lesions/patches on the skin
seen mostly in immunosuppressed patients e.g., HIV and AIDS patients
malignant cancer of the skin
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in humans
Infectious mononucleosis
Hepatitis
Burkitt lymphoma
Marek’s virus disease (Avian leukemia)
cause cancer in humans
It can also infect other parts of the body
one of the leading causes of blindness in AIDS patients
shingles in adults
chicken pox in children
HSV 2
Cold sores
more likely than HSV 1 to cause Genital herpes
HSV 1
skin diseases
Keratoconjunctivitis
Encephalitis
Genital herpes
more likely than HSV 2 to cause Cold sores
URTI type infections
cough
cold symptoms
wheezing
sneezing
Keratitis (eye disorder)
respiratory organs disorders
