Arboviruses are a group of viruses that are transmitted by insects to humans. Examples include yellow fever, West Nile virus, and Japanese encephalitis. Ticks ...WhattoknowaboutarbovirusesMedicallyreviewedbySuzanneFalck,M.D.,FACP—WrittenbyJennaFletcheronJuly28,2017CommontypesofarbovirusTransmissionSymptomsDiagnosisPreventionArbovirusisatermusedtodescribeagroupofviralinfectionstransmittedtohumansfromagroupofinsectsknownasarthropods.Therearemanystrainsofarbovirus.Thevirusesrangeinseverityfromnosymptomstomildflu-likesymptomstoveryseveresymptoms.Avoidinginsectbitesiskeytopreventingthesenastyviralinfections.Insectsthatcaninfecthumanswitharbovirusesincludefleas,ticks,gnats,andmosquitoes.Thereareover130differentarbovirusesthataffecthumans.CommontypesofarbovirusShareonPinterestArbovirusesarecausedbyinsectbitesfromthearthropodfamily.Thiscanincludeticks,mosquitoes,andfleas.Therearemanytypesofarboviruses.Thedifferenttypesofarbovirusarebrokendownintospecificgenera.Thethreemaingeneraforarbovirusesthatcauseinfectionsinhumansareasfollows:flavivirustogavirusbunyavirusTypesofflavivirusincludethefollowing:yellowfeverWestNilevirusZikavirusdenguefeverJapaneseencephalitisTypesoftogavirusincludethefollowing:RossRivervirusEasternequinevirusWesternequinevirusTypesofbunyavirusincludethefollowing:CaliforniaencephalitisLaCrossevirusJamestownCanyonvirusTransmissionShareonPinterestOneofthecommonsymptomsofanarbovirusisfever,whichusuallyprecedesothersymptomssuchasmusclepainandconfusion.Thearbovirusesspreadmainlythroughinsectbites.Themostcommoninsectthatspreadsarbovirusesisthemosquito.However,otherarthropodssuchasticks,fleas,andgnatscanalsospreadthesediseasesiftheybiteahuman.Whileinsectbitesarethemostcommonwayarbovirusesaretransmitted,thevirusescanalsospreadthrough:bloodtransfusionorgantransplantsexualcontactpregnancyandchildbirthfrommothertochildHumantohumantransmissionofmostarbovirusesthroughcasual,everydaycontacthasnotbeendocumented.SymptomsMostinfectionscausedbyarbovirusesdonothavesymptoms.How