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A question about Chik to the experts
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KC
Moderator
Re: A question about Chik to the experts
I ask this question because of my concern that vectors that are associated with avian diseases have been known to cause human illness in some cases.
I wonder if H5N1 could be picked up by a mosquito biting an avian host, or a swine, feline, or human host etc... and passed along to another receiving host causing an uncommon spread?
I ask this question because of my concern that vectors that are associated with avian diseases have been known to cause human illness in some cases.
I wonder if H5N1 could be picked up by a mosquito biting an avian host, or a swine, feline, or human host etc... and passed along to another receiving host causing an uncommon spread?
KC
Moderator
Re: A question about Chik to the experts
Interesting List of Vectors and Common Vector Borne Diseases:
University of Sydney, Australia, n.d.
http://medent.usyd.edu.au/travelbug/travel2.htm
Interesting article on - Resurgent Vector-Borne Diseases as a Global Health Problemhttp://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol4no3/gubler.htm
Interesting List of Vectors and Common Vector Borne Diseases:
University of Sydney, Australia, n.d.
http://medent.usyd.edu.au/travelbug/travel2.htm
Interesting article on - Resurgent Vector-Borne Diseases as a Global Health Problemhttp://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol4no3/gubler.htm
myredchinablues
Well-known member
Re: A question about Chik to the experts
Good question!
BF and chik are both RNA viruses.
Chick is an Alpha virus.
There are many alphaviruses distributed around the world with the ability to cause human disease. Infectious arthritis, encephalitis, rashes and fever being the most commonly observed. Larger mammals such as humans and horses are usually dead-end hosts or play a minor role in viral transmission, however in the case of Venezuelan equine encephalitis the virus is mainly amplified in horses. In most other cases the virus is maintained in nature in mosquitoes, rodents and birds.
Good question!
BF and chik are both RNA viruses.
Chick is an Alpha virus.
There are many alphaviruses distributed around the world with the ability to cause human disease. Infectious arthritis, encephalitis, rashes and fever being the most commonly observed. Larger mammals such as humans and horses are usually dead-end hosts or play a minor role in viral transmission, however in the case of Venezuelan equine encephalitis the virus is mainly amplified in horses. In most other cases the virus is maintained in nature in mosquitoes, rodents and birds.