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CASE 13

Let's Evaluate the young woman!

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THE CASE

A young woman upon visiting the health centre at her University presented with Fever of acute onset of >101.3oF (38.5oC) and severe arthralgia/arthritis not explained by other medical conditions.

THE CASE

The other features were noted upon physical examination and further questions asked by the centre’s doctor are, Headache, Diffuse back pain, Rash, Maculopapular (In children, may be bullous lesions), Myalgia, Nausea, Vomiting, Conjunctivitis.

THE CASE

She had visited her aunt who lived in Sea Centre a community located near the swamps near River Mews. The patient visited her auntie within two weeks prior to the onset of symptoms.

Well she's not doing too well....

The possible diagnosis are:
Zika Virus
West Nile Virus
Chikungunya Virus
Dengue Virus

THE CASE

The patient had also noted that her cousin was complaining of headache and joint pain. Upon checking, the centre confirmed that a month previous two patients presented with similar symptoms and an alert was out for a virus that was going around, however test results for the patients were not in so no definitive diagnosis was stated.

How could we find out more?

Based on the observed symptoms the tests that could be done to aid diagnosis are:
ELISA
PRNT
RT-PCR

Other conditions that could be considered in the differential

  • Get adequate information about the patient's travel history.
  • Report when symptoms were displayed in the patient and when sample was collected.
  • Unusual immunological status of patient
  • Test the swamp nearby

Lets Investigate further...

The algorithm that could be flowed to investigate these conditions:

KEY
quantitative Reverse Trascriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Immunoglobulin M Antibody Capture Enzyme Linked Immunosorbet Assay Plaque Reduction Neutalization Test

Diagnosis

After the tests were performed it was deduced that the young woman was suffering due to CHIKV

How to proceed...?

Should we contact the Ministry of health and give considerations to the patient's living surroundings and contact?

YES?

NO?

End of the Presentation!

References

References

Balzer, D. (2023, July 3). West Nile virus: What you need to know. Mayo Clinic News Network. https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/west-nile-virus-what-you-need-to-know/ CDC. (2020, March 6). Culex Mosquito Life Cycle | CDC. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/mosquitoes/about/life-cycles/culex.html Colpitts, T. M., Conway, M. J., Montgomery, R. R., & Fikrig, E. (2012). West Nile Virus: Biology, Transmission, and Human Infection. Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 25(4), 635–648. https://doi.org/10.1128/cmr.00045-12

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. (2019, March 18). Aedes albopictus - Factsheet for experts. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/disease-vectors/facts/mosquito-factsheets/aedes-albopictus Funny Mosquito Images – Browse 5,442 Stock Photos, Vectors, and Video. (n.d.). Adobe Stock. https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=funny+mosquito

References

How to Diagnose Mosquito-Borne Diseases. (n.d.). Today’s Clinical Lab. https://www.clinicallab.com/how-to-diagnose-mosquito-borne-diseases-22666 Johnson, B. W., Russell, B. J., & Goodman, C. H. (2016). Laboratory Diagnosis of Chikungunya Virus Infections and Commercial Sources for Diagnostic Assays. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 214(suppl 5), S471–S474. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiw274 Malhotra, K., Ramanathan, R., Synowiec, A., & Rana, S. (2014). Rare ocular manifestation in a case of West Nile virus meningoencephalitis. Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 17(1), 95. https://doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.128564 Pan American Health Organization. (n.d.). Chikungunya - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization. Www.paho.org. https://www.paho.org/en/topics/chikungunya

References

TOOL FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND CARE OF PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED ARBOVIRAL DISEASES DENV CHIKV ZIKV. (n.d.). Retrieved November 12, 2023, from https://iris.paho.org/bitstream/handle/10665.2/33895/9789275119365_eng.pdf World Health Organization. (2023). Zika virus disease. Www.who.int. https://www.who.int/health-topics/zika-virus-disease#tab=tab_1

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The Ministry of Health should be notified as they can intiate fogging activities and educational campaings which will aid in vector control.

Reverse Transcriptase - Ploymerase Chain Reaction

Retrieved from: https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/JM/en/technical-documents/technical-article/genomics/qpcr/rt-qpcr

In this test viral RNA is converted into cDNA and them amplified a numerous amount of times until it is detectable.

Symptoms:

Fever Headaches Myalgia Vomiting Rash

Symptoms:

Fever Severe joint pain Myalgia Headache Nausea Fatigue Rash

Enzyme Linked Immunosorbeny Assay

Retrieved from: https://link.springer.com/protocol/10.1007/978-1-4939-3618-2_6

The Ministry of Health should be notified as they can intiate fogging activities and educational campaings which will aid in vector control.

Plaque Reduction Neutralization Test

Quantifies the amount of neutralizing antibody in serum samples by calculating the percentage of reduction of virus activity, as the concentration of virus used is usually constant.

Symptoms:Fever Rash Conjunctivitis Myalgia Joint pain Headache

Symptoms

Fever Severe joint pain Myalgia Headache Nausea Fatigue