Arbovirus is an informal name used to refer to any viruses that are transmitted by arthropod vectors. The word arbovirus is an acronym (arthropod-borne virus).ArbovirusFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchCommonnameforseveralspeciesofvirusFortheBangladeshirockband,seeArbovirus(band).Forencephalitiscausedbythevirus,seeArbovirusencephalitis.Thisarticleneedstobeupdated.Pleaseupdatethisarticletoreflectrecenteventsornewlyavailableinformation.(September2015)ArbovirusinfectionTissueinfectedwiththeRiftValleyfevervirusSpecialtyInfectiousdiseaseArbovirusisaninformalnameusedtorefertoanyvirusesthataretransmittedbyarthropodvectors.Thewordarbovirusisanacronym(arthropod-bornevirus).[1]Thewordtibovirus(tick-bornevirus)issometimesusedtomorespecificallydescribevirusestransmittedbyticks,asuperorderwithinthearthropods.[2]Arbovirusescanaffectbothanimals(includinghumans)andplants.Inhumans,symptomsofarbovirusinfectiongenerallyoccur3–15daysafterexposuretothevirusandlastthreeorfourdays.Themostcommonclinicalfeaturesofinfectionarefever,headache,andmalaise,butencephalitisandviralhemorrhagicfevermayalsooccur.[3]Contents1Signsandsymptoms2Cause2.1Transmission2.2Inhumans2.3Virology3Diagnosis3.1Classification4Prevention4.1Vaccination5Treatment6Epidemiology7History8References9ExternallinksSignsandsymptoms[edit]Theincubationperiod-thetimebetweenwheninfectionoccursandwhensymptomsappear-variesfromvirustovirus,butisusuallylimitedbetween2and15daysforarboviruses.[4]Themajorityofinfections,however,areasymptomatic.[5]Amongcasesinwhichsymptomsdoappear,symptomstendtobenon-specific,resemblingaflu-likeillness,andarenotindicativeofaspecificcausativeagent.Thesesymptomsincludefever,headache,malaise,rashandfatigue.Rarely,vomitingandhemorrhagicfevermayoccur.Thecentralnervoussystemcanalsobeaffectedbyinfection,asencephalitisandmeningitisaresometimesobserved.[6]Prognosisisgoodformostpeople,butispoorinthosewhodevelopseveresymptoms,withuptoa20%mortalityrateinthispopulationdependingonthevirus.Theve