Arboviruses

Overview

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An ARBOvirus is an ARthropd BOrne
  • virus
    • transmitted by arthropods such as mosquitoes, fleas, and ticks
  • Examples include
    • flaviviruses
      • yellow fever
      • dengue fever
      • West Nile virus
      • St. Louis encephalitis
      • Zika virus
    • togaviruses
      • Western equine encephalitis virus
      • Eastern equine encephalitis virus
      • chikungunya virus
    • bunyaviruses
      • California encephalitis virus
      • Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
      • Rift Valley fever
  • Vectors
    • Ixodes tick
      • Borrelia burgdorferi
      • Babesia
      • Ehrlichia
    • Dermacentor tick (dog tick)
      • Francisella tularensis
    • Louse
      • Rickettsia prowazekii 
    • Mite
      • Orientia tsutsugumushi
    • Aedes genus mosquitos 
      • Zika virus
      • yellow fever
      • chikungunya
      • dengue fever