Title: What's an Arbovirus?<br/>Author: Jon Mark Hirshon<br/><a href='http://umem.org/profiles/faculty/96/'>[Click to email author]</a><hr/><p>
        <strong><u>An Arbovirus is a virus transmitted primarily by an arthropod</u></strong></p>
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                Comes from <strong>AR</strong>thropod-<strong>BO</strong>rne virus</li>
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                Arthropods include: mosquitos, ticks, sandflies</li>
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                Can have rare person-to-person transmission
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                                Blood borne
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                                                Transfusion, sharing needles</li>
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                                Organ transplantation</li>
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                                Breast feeding</li>
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                                Intrauterine</li>
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                                Sexual transmission</li>
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        <strong><u>There are a number of major arbovirus families</u>:</strong></p>
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                <strong>Family <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunyaviridae">Bunyaviridae</a></em></strong>
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                                <em>Rift Valley, Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic</em></li>
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                <strong>Family <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaviviridae">Flaviviridae</a></em></strong>
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                                <em>Dengue, West Nile, Zika, Yellow Fever</em></li>
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                <strong>Family <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reoviridae">Reoviridae</a></em></strong>
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                                <em>Equine encephalosis</em></li>
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                <strong>Family <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togaviridae">Togaviridae</a></em></strong>
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                                <em>Chikungunya, Western equine encephalitis</em></li>
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        <strong><u>The main viral family that causes substantial human disease is the <em>Flaviviridae</em> family. </u></strong></p>
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                Protection against mosquito bites is the best way to minimize risk for <em>Flaviviridae </em>infections if you are traveling in an area with these diseases.</li>
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