Continuing Education Credits

P.A.C.E.® Contact Hours (acceptable for AMT, ASCP, and state recertification): 2 hour(s) Course number 578-010-21, approved through 2/28/2023

Florida Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel Credit Hours - General (Serology/Immunology): 2 hour(s) Course number 20-814924, approved through 2/28/2023

Objectives

• Review the epidemiology of the more common mosquito-borne viral diseases (excluding malaria), including dengue, chikungunya, Zika, West Nile, and yellow fever, and the encephalitis-causing viruses, including St. Louis, Eastern Equine, Western Equine, and La Crosse.
• Describe the clinical manifestations and symptoms of the mosquito-borne viral diseases and encephalitis-causing viruses presented.
• Identify the laboratory methods available for the diagnosis of the mosquito-borne viruses presented.
• Solve case studies on the mosquito-borne viral diseases presented.

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Course Outline

• Introduction
• Introduction to Mosquito-borne Arboviruses
• ArboNET
• Mosquitoes
• The Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus Mosquitoes
• The Culiseta melanura Mosquito
• The Northern House Mosquito: Culex pipiens
• The North American Tree Hole Mosquito: Aedes triseriatus
• Mosquitoes Life Cycle
• Dengue Virus
• Dengue Virus
• Epidemiology: Dengue in the World
• Epidemiology: Dengue in the United States
• Clinical Manifestations of Dengue
• Dengue Virus Laboratory Diagnosis
• Dengue Vaccines
• Dengue Case Study
• Chikungunya
• Chikungunya Virus
• Epidemiology: Chikungunya in the World
• Epidemiology: Chikungunya in the United States
• Clinical Manifestations of Chikungunya Virus
• Laboratory Diagnosis of Chikungunya Virus
• Chikungunya Case Study
• Zika Virus
• Zika Virus
• Zika Virus History
• Zika Virus Transmission
• Zika Clinical Manifestations
• Zika Laboratory Diagnosis
• Special Precautions for Zika Virus
• Zika Case Study
• CDC Algorithm for Detection of Chikunguya, Dengue, and Zika Viruses
• West Nile Virus
• West Nile Virus (WNV)
• Epidemiology: WNV in the United States
• Clinical Manifestations of WNV
• Laboratory Diagnosis of WNV
• Prevention of WNV
• WNV Case Study
• Eastern Equine Encephalitis
• Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE)
• Clinical Manifestations of EEE
• Laboratory Diagnosis of EEE
• La Crosse Virus
• La Crosse Virus (LACV)
• Epidemiology: LACV
• Clinical Manifestations of LACV
• La Crosse Encephalitis Laboratory Diagnosis
• LACV Case Study: Encephalitis Outbreak
• St. Louis Encephalitis Virus
• St. Louis Encephalitis Virus (SLEV)
• Epidemiology: SLEV
• Clinical Manifestations of SLEV
• Laboratory Diagnosis of SLEV
• Yellow Fever
• Yellow Fever Virus
• Epidemiology: Yellow Fever
• Clinical Manifestations of Yellow Fever
• Laboratory Diagnosis of Yellow Fever
• Yellow Fever Case Study
• Prevention of Mosquito-Borne Viral Diseases
• Use of Insect Repellents
• Physical Barriers to Mosquito Bites
• Prevent Mosquito Breeding
• References
• References