INTC 2P97 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Simulium, Lentivirus, Wolbachia
8 Dec 2016
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Wnv was 2st isolated in a woman in the west nile district of uganda in 1937. In 1999 a wnv circulating in israel and tunisia was imported in ny producing a large and dramatic outbreak that spread throughout the continental usa. Discovered in dead birds and mosquitoes in southern ontario in 2001. Since then, wnv spread across the continental us, north in canada, into the. Wnv is usually spread by the bite of a mosquito that has fed on an infected bird. In very cases, wnv can be spread through: blood transfusion, organ or tissue transplants, pregnancy (from mother to unborn babies, breast milk, exposure of laboratory workers to infected medical specimens. Key facts: wnv can cause a fatal neurological disease in humans, however, approx. Named aft the brazilian physician carlos chagas discover in 1909. Caused by the parasite trypanosoma cruzi: transmitted to animals and people by insect vectors found only in the.
