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| Viral Haemorrhaegic fever | ||||||||
| Transmission by mosquitoes | ||||||||
| Sr.No | Disease | agent | Likely method of dissemination | Incubation Period | Lethality | Vaccine availability | Antimicrobial therapy | Antisera |
| 1. | 1. DHF 2. DSS | Dengue vius (type 1,2,3 &4)(Flavivirus) | 1. Aerosol 2. Infected Vectors: (Ae. aegypti, Ae. albopictus) |
3-5 days | Low | Exp. | Not eefective | No |
| 2. | Rift Valley fever | Rift Valley fever virus (bunyavirus) | 1. Aerosol 2. Infected vectors (Culex sp, sand flies) | 2-5 days | Low | Yes | Effective. Ribavirin | No |
| 3. | yellow fever | yellow virus (Flavivirus) | 1. Infected vectors: (Ae. aegypti) | 3-6 days | High | Yes | Not effective | No |
| Transmission by Ticks/Mites | ||||||||
| Sr.No | Disease | agent | Likely method of dissemination | Incubation Period | Lethality | Vaccine availability | Antimicrobial therapy | Antisera |
| 4. | Crimean-Congo | Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (Bunya virus) | 1. Aerosol 2. Infected Vectors: (Ticks of Hyalomma marginatum complex) | 3-12 days | High | Exp. | Effective Ribavirin | Yes |
| 5. | OMSK Haemorrhagic fever | Omsk haemorrhagic fever virus (Flavivirus) | 1.Aerosol 2.Water 3. Infected vectors( D. andersoni, D. marginatus, D. variabilis. ) | 3-7 days | Low | Exp. | Not effective | No |
| Transmission by Aerosal, contaminated water/food | ||||||||
| Sr.No | Disease | agent | Likely method of dissemination | Incubation Period | Lethality | Vaccine availability | Antimicrobial therapy | Antisera |
| 6. | Korean Haemorrhagic fever | Korean haemorrhagic fever virus | Aerosol | 4-42 days | Moderate | Exp. | effective. Ribavirin | No |
| 7. | Lassa Haemorrhagic fever | Lassa virus (Arenavirus) | 1.Aerosol 2. Rat urine contaminated food & water | 10-14 days | Unknown | No | effective,. Ribavirin | Exp. |
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