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O'nyong'nyong virus

Epidemiology: - transmitted mosquitos Anopheles funestus & Anopheles gambiae Clinical manifestations: - common symptoms - polyarthritis - rash - fever - other symptoms - eye pain - chest pain - lymphadenitis - lethargy Laboratory: - no Loincs found Complications: - no deaths reported Management: - supportive therapy

General

alphavirus

Properties

KINGDOM: virus GENOME-TYPE: RNA SINGLE-STRANDED POSITIVE-STRAND GENOME-SIZE: 12 kB ENVELOPE: PRESENT CAPSID-SYMMETRY: ICOSAHEDRAL

References

  1. Wikipedia: O'nyong'nyong virus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%27nyong%27nyong_virus
  2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Emergence of Epidemic O'nyong-nyong Fever in Southwestern Uganda, After an Absence of 35 Years. Emerging Infectious Diseases. March 1997 http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/3/1/97-0112_article
  3. Bessaud M et al O'nyong-nyong Virus, Chad Emerging Infectious Diseases. Aug 2006; 12(8): 1248-1250 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3291225/