Michael, a new lab analyst, receives an email notifying him that his expected samples from a recent outbreak should be arriving soon. To prepare for his analysis, he decides to look into what type of diseases could be spread between animals and humans, as this is a new field for him. Michael has received limited information about the details of the outbreak from the epidemiologists that traveled to the site, but he does know that both animals and humans were infected by some type of virus. Michael looks through some of the lab manuals on how the samples will be handled once in the lab. While reading through these guidelines, he realizes that there are some terms he is not quite sure of.
Below are sentences that reflect the terms that Michael had to acquaint himself with while reading through the published guidelines from his laboratory. Please review the sentences below and fill in the blanks with the correct word(s).
a. arthropods
b. togaviruses
c. encephalitis
d. arbovirus
e. flaviviruses
f. zoonosis
A virus that is able to be transmitted via _________like ticks, flies, and mosquitoes is considered __________.
2. Some arboviruses are able to move through the bloodstream and infect the brains of humans and arbovirus animals. This disease manifestation is called __________.
3. A_______ is a disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans.
4 Several encephalopathies, such as Eastern equine encephalitis and West Nile virus encephalitis, are caused by the____________ These viruses can infect humans and and animals such as horses and birds.