Four emerging arboviral diseases in North America: Jamestown Canyon, Powassan, chikungunya, and Zika virus diseases
Autor(es): Pastula Daniel M, Smith Daniel E, Beckham J David, Tyler Kenneth L
Resumo: Arthropod-borne viruses, or arboviruses, are viruses that are transmitted through the bites of mosquitoes, ticks, or s-flies. There are numerous arboviruses throughout the world capable of causing human disease spanning different viral families - genera. Recently, Jamestown Canyon, Powassan, chikungunya, - Zika viruses have emerged as increasingly important arboviruses that can cause human disease in North America. Unfortunately, there are currently no proven disease-modifying therapies for these arboviral diseases, so treatment is largely supportive. Given there are also no commercially available vaccines for these four arboviral infections, prevention is the key. To prevent mosquito or tick bites that might result in one of these arboviral diseases, people should wear long-sleeved shirts - pants while outside if feasible, apply insect repellant when going outdoors, using window screens or air conditioning to keep mosquitoes outside, - perform tick checks after being in wooded or brushy outdoor areas.
Palavras-Chave: Arboviral disease; Arbovirus; Chikungunya virus; Jamestown Canyon virus; North America; Powassan virus; Zika virus
Imprenta: Journal of Neurovirology, v. 22, n. 3, p. 257-260, 2016
Identificador do objeto digital: 10.1007/s13365-016-0428-5
Descritores: Chikungunya virus - Arbovirus ; Chikungunya virus - Infectious diseases ; Chikungunya virus - Viral infections ; Chikungunya Virus - Virus ; Chikungunya virus - Vaccine
Data de publicação: 2016
