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Emerging Viruses

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Definition of EMERGING   New or recently identified viruses to humans  
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Defintion of REEMERGING   viruses once thought to be under control but are reappearing  
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Examples of Emerging Viral Disease   HIV?AIDS, Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), West Nile encephalitis (WNV), Severe Acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), and Monkeypox  
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Arboviruses   arthropod-borne viruses, all RNA viruses  
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Future HCV (Flaviviridae)   Account for 40-50% of chronic liver diseases, unknown transmission route  
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Point-Mutation Rate of RNA viruses   1 per 10,000 nucleotides  
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Point-Mutation Rate of DNA viruses   1 per 100,000,000 nucleotides  
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Antigenic Drift   mutations caused by replication error  
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Reassortment   occurs when very similar segmented viral genomes coinfect the same cell. Example: Influenza A  
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Recombination - 2 viruses   occurs when 2 viruses infect same cell & a new chimeric or hybrid genome is formed via intramoleculr exchange of viral genomes. occurs when viral RdRp complex switches, mid-replication, from one RNA molecule to another. Example: SARS-CoV & coronaviruses  
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Recombination - stealing host genes   virus steal genes from host through recombination with the cellular chromosome. Example: Retroviruses  
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Antigenic Shift   occurs by gene swapping, either between 2 viruses, or between virus & host cell  
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Norovirus   Can not be cultured in lab, no animal modeals, hard to determine genetic changes in the virus that trigger outbreaks  
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Crossing species border: exotic pet trading   Example: Monkeypox  
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Crossing species border: free-range farming    
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Crossing species border: live markets   Example: SARS  
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Extension of farmland into unused land exposes farmers to zoonotic diseases   (especially rodents carrying viruses)Example: 1958-1974, Argentine hemorrhagic fever (caused by Junin viruses carried by rodents)  
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Deforestation is the removal of trees in forests (e.g. Amazon)   2005 Brazil, vampire-bat related rabies1998-1999 Malaysia, Nipah virus infecting pigs, humans, dogs and cats  
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Importing Animals for Biomedical Research and Vaccine Production   Example: 1967, Infected African green monkeys imported to Marburg, Germany and Belgrade, Yugoslavia for research and preparation of poliovirus vaccine; Monkeys infected with Marburg virus—cause of hemorrhagic fever in humans (high mortality rate)  
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Environmental Changes   1993: 4 Corners Area, U.S. Sin Nombre hantavirus outbreak (deer mouse was the carrier)Correlated with rainfall increase, more piñon nuts (food for deer mice)  
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VIRAL INFECTIONS THAT MAY BE/HAVE BEEN CONTROLLED   Must have human or readily controllable reservoir; Must be able to induce an effective and lasting immune response; Effective vaccine (Ex. Smallpox, Next polio and measles?)  
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OTHER VIRUSES WILL NOT BE ELIMINATED   Viruses that cause persistent infections; Viruses that counter the immune system (Ex. HIV); Viruses that have a nonhuman reservoir (arboviruses)  
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Human Bocavirus (HBoV) An Emerging Viral Pathogen?   a new virus found in respiratory secretions of Swedish children with lower respiratory tract infections; HBoV cannot be cultivated in the laboratory.  
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