What are Arboviruses?
Arboviruses are viruses transmitted by arthropods, an animal phylum that includes insects. The word Arbovirus is a shortened form of virus transmitted by arthropod . Many medically important Arboviruses are transmitted by mosquitoes, ticks and phlebotomines or sandy flies. Insects cause infection through their bites and introduce a bloodstream virus. Families of Arbovir are Bunyaviridae, Flaviviridae, Reoviridae and Togaviridae.
Most Arboviruses do not affect people or not only cause mild effects such as a rash or fever. However, some forms of Arbovira can cause very serious infection and can even lead to death. Many forms of Arbovirus that affect people are also common among domesticated animals and insects are responsible for the transmission of diseases between animals and humans.
Some common arboviruses that can cause encephalitis or brain swelling include the West Nile virus, various tribes of horse encepvirus halitis and encephalitis virus Louis, all transmitted mosquitoes. As the name suggests, horses virus also normally infects horses. The encephalitis virus transmitted ticks causes similar symptoms to encephalitic arboviruses born in mosquitoes.
other Arboviruses cause viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF), disease characterized by high fever, bleeding disorders, hallucination, vomiting and diarrhea. The examples are dengue or breakbone fever and yellow fever, which bears mosquitoes, so haemorrhagic fever Komáře and fever Colorado, both carried ticks. Arboviruses carried plebotominae, commonly called sand flies, are classified together as phleboviruses. One of the most famous phleboviruses is Toscana virus, which has symptoms from fever to encephalitis and meningtis, inflammation of mening, membranes that surround the brain.
Children, older and immunocompromised individuals are often particularly susceptible to Arbovirus infection. Some arboviruses at present does notThey are a medicine, although the immune system can often defend against this disease. Arbovirus infection can be prevented by means of insecticides and repellent insects, wearing protective clothing and elimination of insects transmitting Arbovirus.