Chikungunya
| A | Enterovirus | |
| B |
Herpes virus |
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| C |
Toga virus |
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| D |
None of the above |
Chikungunya virus belongs to which family:
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Enterovirus |
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| B |
Herpes virus |
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| C |
Toga virus |
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| D |
None of the above |
Chikungunya is caused by ?
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Mosquito-borne Alphavirus |
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| B |
Mosquito-borne Beta virus |
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| C |
Mosquito-borne Gamma virus |
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| D |
Mosquito-borne Deltavirus |
Chikungunya caused by a mosquito-borne alphavirus.Previous outbreaks had been confined to the tropics, and some have attributed this expansion to global warming.
Abroviral infection(s) include –
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Chikungunya fever |
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| B |
West nile fever |
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| C |
JE |
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| D |
a and b |
Ans. is `a’ i.e., Chikungunya fever, ‘b’ i.e., West nile fever
Which of the following is NOT transmitted by Aedesaegypti –
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Filariasis |
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| B |
Yellow fever |
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| C |
Dengue fever |
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| D |
Chikungunya Hemorrhagic fever |
Ans. is ‘a’ i.e., Filariasis
Filariasis is rarely transmitted by Aedes Aegypti mosquito. It is usually transmited by culex mosquito.
Natural reservoir of Chikungunya virus in India is:
March 2007
| A |
Monkey |
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| B |
Guinea pig |
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| C |
Aedes |
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| D |
Dog |
Ans. A: Monkey
The main virus reservoirs are monkeys, but other species can also be affected, including humans.
| A |
Rabies |
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| B |
Japanese encephalitis |
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| C |
Yellow fever |
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| D |
Chikungunya fever |
Japanese encephalitis (Animals shown: Pig)
In Japanese encephalitis, pigs are the amplifier host (they themselves didn’t manifest overt symptoms but circulate the virus)
Japanese encephalitis/ Japanese B encephalitis
- The Japanese encephalitis virus is a virus from the family Flaviviridae.
- Domestic pigs and wild birds (herons) are reservoirs of the virus; transmission to humans may cause severe symptoms.
- One of the most important vectors of this disease is the mosquito Culex tritaeniorhynchus.
- This disease is most prevalent in Southeast Asia and the Far East.
- Japanese encephalitis has an incubation period of 5 to 15 days and the vast majority of infections are asymptomatic Only 1 in 250 infections develop into encephalitis.
| A | Chikungunya | |
| B |
Hanta virus |
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| C |
Ebola viurs |
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| D |
None |
Ans. is ‘a’ i.e., Chikungunya
- Emerging viral infections in India : (i) Nipha virus, (ii) Chandipura virus, (iii) Chikungunya virus, (iv) Avion influenza A (H5N, ) virus, and (v) Pandemic H IN, influenza virus.
