NURS 2550 - Week 2 - Infectious Diseases – Zoonotic and Vector-borne Diseases; Influenza

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Two main types of vectors

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Antigenic drift

Slight change in spike proteins (H & N)

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Antigenic shift

Major change in spike proteins from gene reassortment

More virulence

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Mosquito-Borne Disease

  • Caused by aedes aegupti and
    aedes albopticus mosquitoes:

Dengue

Zika

Chikungunya

Yellow Fever

Caused by culex mosquito:

West Nile Virus

  • Caused by anopheles mosquito: Malaria

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