Table 1.
Flavivirus | Alphavirus | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ZIKV | DENV | WNV | YFV | JEV | CHIKV | |
Nonvector borne transmission | ||||||
Materno fetal | Yes | Yes | No | Yesa | No | Yes |
Sexual | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Transfusion | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yesa | No | No |
Main complication in newborn | ||||||
Microcephaly | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Other CNS malformation | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Main complications in infants and adults | ||||||
Bleeding | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Plasma leakage | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Severe organ involvement | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Chronic arthralgia | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Main complications in adults | ||||||
Guillain-Barré syndrome | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yesa | Yes | Yes |
Meningoencephalitis | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yesa | Yes | Yes |
Myelitis | Yes | Yes | No | Yesa | Yes | Yes |
Meningitis | No | No | Yes | Yesa | Yes | No |
Prevention and treatment | ||||||
Vaccine | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Specific treatment | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Abbreviations: CHIKV, chikungunya virus; CNS, central nervous system; DENV, dengue virus; JEV, Japanese encephalitis virus; WNV, West Nile virus; YVF, yellow virus fever; ZIKV, Zika virus.
aWith yellow fever vaccine virus.