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Flavivirus, Flaviviridae, Flaviviridae Infection, Flavivirus Infection

  • See Also
  1. Arbovirus
  2. Virus
  3. Yellow Fever
  4. Dengue
  5. West Nile Virus Encephalitis
  6. Zika Virus
  • Pathophysiology
  1. Flaviviridae are transmitted by arthropods (Group B Arbovirus, ticks or Mosquitos)
  2. Flaviviridae are enveloped, Icosahedral single stranded RNA Viruses
  3. Flaviviridae are Message Sense RNA Viruses (Positive Stranded, +ssRNA)
    1. Message sense RNA (+ssRNA) are identical to Messenger RNA (mRNA)
    2. Like mRNA, +ssRNA may be immediately translated by host ribosomes into Protein
  • Types
  • Genus Flavivirus
  1. See Vector-Borne Infection
  2. Tick borne Flaviviruses
    1. Tick-borne Encephalitis virus
    2. Powassan Virus
    3. Omsk Hemorrhagic Fever virus
  3. Mosquito borne Flaviviruses
    1. Yellow Fever
    2. Dengue
    3. West Nile Virus Encephalitis
    4. Zika Virus
    5. Japanese Encephalitis Virus
    6. St. Louis Encephalitis virus
      1. Second most common Viral Encephalitis in the U.S.
  • Prevention
  1. See Prevention of Vector-borne Infection
  • Resources
  1. Flavivirus (wikipedia)
    1. van Leur (2021) Virulence 12(1):2814-38 +PMID: 34696709 [PubMed]
  • References
  1. Gladwin, Trattler and Mahan (2014) Clinical Microbiology, Medmaster, Fl, p. 298-9