RT Book, Section
A1 Rabe, Ingrid
A1 Powers, Ann M.
A1 Fischer, Marc
A2 Boulton, Matthew L.
A2 Wallace, Robert B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182667158
T1 Diseases Transmitted Primarily by Arthropod Vectors: Viral Infections
T2 Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine, 16e
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259644511
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182667158
RD 2024/04/19
AB Arthropod-borne  viruses  (arboviruses)  are  transmitted  between  vertebrate  hosts  by  certain  species  of  hematophagous  insects,  including  mosquitoes,  sand  flies,  midges,  and  ticks.1  Although  covered  by  the  overarching  term,  “arbovirus,”  to  denote  the  mode  of  transmission,  these  viruses  belong  to  different  taxonomic  families.  Transmission  by  arthropod  vectors  is  biologic,  rather  than  mechanical,  in  that  true  arboviruses  replicate  in  arthropod  tissues  and  salivary  glands  prior  to  transmission,  rather  than  simply  being  carried  by  vectors.