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Global Threat – Zika Virus
ISSN: 2617 - 9482
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Global Threat – Zika Virus
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Publisher: Bahria University Medical And Dental College
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Abstract
Zika virus is an emerging mosquito-borne virus thatwas first identified in Zika forest of Uganda in 19471 inrhesus monkeys through a monitoring network of sylvaticyellow fever. It was subsequently identified in humansin 1952 in Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania2.Outbreaks of Zika virus (Figure 1a) disease have beenrecorded in Africa, America, Asia and Pacific.It belongsto the family of Flavi virus3and its vector is Aedes mos-quitoes4 (which usually bite during the morning and lateafternoon/evening hours) (Figure 1b). The reservoir isyet unknown
