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Viruses, continued

Viruses, continued. Man-Arthropod-Man Cycle. e.g. dengue, urban yellow fever. Reservoir may be in either man or arthropod vector. In the latter transovarial transmission may take place. Animal-Arthropod-Man Cycle.

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Viruses, continued

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  1. Viruses, continued

  2. Man-Arthropod-Man Cycle e.g. dengue, urban yellow fever. Reservoir may be in either man or arthropod vector. In the latter transovarial transmission may take place.

  3. Animal-Arthropod-Man Cycle e.g. Japanese encephalitis, EEE, WEE, jungle yellow fever. The reservoir is in an animal. The virus is maintained in nature in a transmission cycle involving the arthropod vector and animal. Man becomes infected incidentally.

  4. Zoonotic Viruses • Zoonoses are diseases of vertebrate animals that can be transmitted to man: either directly or indirectly through an insect vector. • When an insect vector is involved, the disease is also known as an arboviral disease. • However, not all arboviral diseases are zoonosis: where the transmission cycle takes place exclusively between insect vector and human e.g. dengue and urban yellow fever. • Examples of viral zoonoses that can be transmitted to man directly include rabies, hantaviruses, lassa and ebola fevers.

  5. Rabies Virus • member of the Lyassavirus of the Rhabdoviridae • ssRNA enveloped virus, characteristic bullet-shaped appearance with 6-7 nm spike projections. • virion 130-240nm * 80nm • -ve stranded RNA codes for 5 proteins; G, M, N, L, S • Exceedingly wide range of hosts • There are 5 other members of Lyassavirus : Mokola, Lagosbat, Duvenhage, EBL-1, and EBL-2 • Duvenhage and EBL-2 have been associated with human rabies.

  6. Rabies Virus Structure of rabies virus (Source: CDC) Rabies virus particles

  7. Epidemiology • Rabies is a zoonosis which is prevalent in wildlife. The main animals involved differs from continent to continent. • Europe fox, bats • Middle East wolf, dog • Asia dog • Africa dog, mongoose, antelope • N America foxes, skunks, raccoons, insectivorous bats • S America dog, vampire bats

  8. Spongiform Encephalopathies andPrions

  9. Prion • Smaller than smallest known virus • Not yet completely characterized • Most widely accepted theory • Prion = Proteinaceous infectious particle • Normal Protein • PrPC (C for cellular) • Glycoprotein normally found at cell surface inserted in plasma membrane

  10. Normal protein • Secondary structure dominated by alpha helices • Easily soluble • Easily digested by proteases • Encoded by PRNP gene (in humans) • Located on human chromosome 20

  11. Abnormal Protein • Insoluble in all but strongest solvents • Highly resistant to digestion by proteases • Survives in tissues post-mortem • Extremely resistant • Heat, normal sterilization processes, sunlight • No detectable immune response

  12. spongiform encephalopathies of humans and other animals • humans • Kuru (Fore people in New Guinea) • Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) • Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker (GSS) • fatal familial insomnia • new variant CJD

  13. transmissible spongiform encephalopathies of humans and other animals • Scrapie • exotic ungulate encephalopathy • bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) • transmissible mink encephalopathy • feline spongiform encephalopathy • chronic wasting disease (CWD)

  14. BSE in Britian CJD, nvCJD in Britian

  15. the prion hypothesis abnormal protein normal protein conversion instead of replication PrP PrPSc

  16. (Re)Emerging Pathogens

  17. Emerging and re-emerging pathogens (during the last 20 years) • 175 new species • 77 viruses and prions • 53 bacteria and rickettsiae • 19 fungi • 16 protozoans • 10 helminths

  18. Scientific advances • Advance in analytical techniques • Molecular biological methods (PCR) • Flow cytometry (FACS) • Implementation of effective monitoring system • US: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report): CDC, State Health Departments • World: WER (Weekly Epidemiological Record): WHO

  19. Microbial adaptation (I) • “Will to Survive” • To change themselves • Viruses: Mutation • RNA viruses (Influenza, SARS) • Bacteria: Mobile genomic elements (plasmids, transposons) • Virulence factor (E. coli O157:H7) • Antibiotic resistance (MRSP (Multi-drug Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae), VRE (vancomycin-resistant Enterococci)) • Morphologic change (V. cholerae O139 (capsule))

  20. Microbial adaptation (II) • To find susceptible populations • the elderly, organ transplant/cancer patient, AIDS patients • Cryptosporidium parvum, Mycobacterium avium complex

  21. Microbial adaptation (III) • To find a new niche (habitat) • Legionnaire's disease (Air conditioning system: Legionella pnuemophila) • Mycobacterium avium complex (Water distribution system)

  22. Vulnerable situation • Population expansion/urbanization • 50 % of world populations in cities • Slums: high density, poor sanitation, malnutrition • War, civil unrest, and natural disaster • Breakdown of public health infrastructure • International travel and commerce • 690 million international travels in 2001

  23. Review Questions (So far)? (Exposure routes; Epi Terms?) QOTDs? (RR v. OR; Reduvids/Chagas

  24. Basic Epidemiological Concepts and Terms • Risk- The number of individuals who are exposed and become ill divided by the number of those exposed • Relative Risk- The risk of illness for individuals exposed divided by the risk of illness for those not exposed

  25. Example What Are Relative Risks for Each Food Item???

  26. Basic Epidemiological Concepts and Terms • Odds for Cases- Number of cases exposed to a factor divided by the number of cases not exposed to the factor • Odds for Controls- Number of controls exposed to a factor divided by the number of controls not exposed to the factor • Odds Ratio- Odds for cases divided by odds for controls • OR = Ocases/Ocontrols

  27. Example What is Odds Ratio??? OR = (a/c)/(b/d) = ad/bc

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