Description of Pathogen The family Bunyaviridae was recently reclassified, with Bunyavirales becoming an order and several new family names being designated. , However, the genera that have important human pathogens have remained relatively unchanged and include Orthohantavirus, Orthonairovirus, Bandavirus, Phlebovirus…
The flaviviruses are single-stranded, enveloped RNA viruses that are transmitted to humans primarily through the bites of arthropods. Although >40 arthropod-borne flaviviruses have been described, this chapter discusses those that are most important in causing human illness: yellow fever virus…
Colorado tick fever (CTF) is an acute febrile illness caused by CTF virus, a double-stranded RNA virus in the Coltivirus genus of the family Reoviridae ( Box 215.1 ). , The virus is transmitted to humans through the bite of…
Abstract Before 1999, West Nile virus (WNV) received little attention outside Africa, Asia, and Europe, where it caused an endemic, mosquito-borne febrile illness and sporadic encephalitis. After the dramatic emergence of WNV in New York City in 1999, the virus…