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| Non-Haemorrhagic fever | ||||||||
| Transmission by mosquitoes | ||||||||
| Sr.No | Disease | agent | Likely method of dissemination | Incubation Period | Lethality | Vaccine availability | Antimicrobial therapy | Antisera |
| 1. | Chikungunya fever | Chikungunya virus | 1. Aerosol 2. Infected Vectors: (Ae. aegypti, C. quinquefasciatus,C. tritaeniorhyncus) |
2-6 days | very low | Exp. | Not effective | No |
| 2. | 1. Dengue Fever | 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 |
| Transmission from Person to person | ||||||||
| Sr.No | Disease | agent | Likely method of dissemination | Incubation Period | Lethality | Vaccine availability | Antimicrobial therapy | Antisera |
| 3. | Ebola fever | Ebola virus (Filovirus) | 1. Aerosol 2. person to person contact | 7-9 days | High | No | Not effective | No |
| 3. | Smallpox | Smallpox virus | 1.Aerosol 2. person to person contact | 10 - 17 days | High | Yes | Not effective | Yes |
| 3. | Influenza | Influenza A, B virus | 1. Aerosol 2. person to person contact | 1 - 2 days | High | Yes | Effective (Amantadine, Rimantadine) | Yes |
| 3. | Mumps | (Rubulavirus) Mumps virus | 1.Aerosol 2. person to person contact | 16 - 18 days | moderate | Yes | Not effective | Yes |
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