Essays on Aegypti

Introduction

Zika virus also termed as ZIKV is a known to have gained worldwide attention, especially in the USA, South East Asia, and Australia. The Zika belongs to the Flaviviridae family which comes under the genus Flavivirus (Wikan & Smith. 2016). The Zika virus is spread though day time mosquitoes belonging to the Aedes family. Some of the most common mosquitoes to contain and spread Zika include A. aegypti and A. albopictus. The name of Zika originated in 1947 where it was first isolated from the Zika forest in Uganda. Based on evidence, the Zika virus was associated with varying viral ...

In the 1940’s, scientists in Uganda discovered a breathtakingly beautiful forest on the edge of Lake Victoria, near Entebbe. The Zika Forest, originally spelled Ziika meaning “overgrown” in the local language, proved to be a valuable resource to virologists studying all varieties of disease (Kron, 2016). The Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) of Entebbe established a protection program for the forest in order to maintain a satellite location for extended research studies. Research here in 1947 revealed the first detection of its namesake, the Zika virus (Aggarwal et al, 2016). Initially isolated in a Rhesus monkey, the Zika ...

Analysis of Diseases

Overview Chikungunya (CHIK) refers to a re-emerging arboviral disease transmitted by the mosquitos Aedes aegypty and Aedes albopictus (Pialoux 318). The virus belongs to the genus Alphavirus and family Togaviridae. The word chikungunya derives from Makonde language (spoken in Tanzania and northern Mozambique), where it means “to walk bent over” (Halstead 557). This name refers to the main feature of both chronic and acute phase of the disease a change in posture causes by the arthritis and arthralgia (Charrel, Lamballerie and Raoult 769).

History

The disease gained its name after the outbreak in Tanganyika, the modern Tanzania in 1952. However, ...

Introduction

Zika is a mildly infectious viral disease whose main mode of transmission is the chomp of an Aedes species mosquito that is already infected with the virus. The mosquitoes exist in two types, Aedes aegypti, and Aedes albopictus . Emergence and spread of the virus are accredited to the Zika forest which is located in Uganda. The disease was first discovered here in 1947. The initial infections on the human species were reported in 1952 in some parts of South East Asia and Topical Africa. Since the time the disease was first reported, minimal cases have been recorded to date ...

Zika virus is name after the Zika Forest of Uganda, where it was first originated in 1947 during the course of a rigorous search for yellow fever virus under a collaborative project funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and British Government . The virus was derived from both a rhesus monkey and also from a group of Aedes africanus mosquitoes. The spread of Zika virus in the US was first corroborated in February, 2014, on Easter Island. In the following year, nearly 16 patients from the states of Bahia and Rio Grande do Nortei n Brazil were diagnosed as positive for ...

Dengue fever is an infectious disease found in the tropics and caused by the dengue virus. It is a febrile illness which is potentially fatal. It is caused by the mosquito transmitted viruses. There are four known serotypes, namely; Dengue virus1 ( DENV-1), Dengue virus 2 (DENV-2), Dengue virus 3( DENV-3) and Dengue virus 4 (DENV-4). It is also known as the break bone disease. Dengue is a major public health problem, the global incidence and severity is on the increase, due to urbanization, overpopulation and global warming. It is now endemic in more than a hundred countries in the world. It was ...