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Thursday, April 15, 2010

Arboviridae

Arbovirus are arthropod-borne disease viruses, which transmitted by blood sucking bug such as mosquito. There are several type of virus can be classified under arboviruses.
1. Bunyaviruses = a) orthobunyavirus – california encephalitis
Hantavirus – Korean heamorrhagic fever
2. Flavivirus = Dengue, Yellow fever.
3. Reovirus
4. Togavirus

Dengue
• Breakbone fever
• Mosquito borne
• Fever, severe headache, muscle and joint pain, nausea, vomiting, eye pain, rash
• Severe form = Dengue heamorrhagic fever and Dengue shock syndrome

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