Zika virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus transmitted by Aedes mosquitos. The virus was
discovered in 1947 in the Zika forest in Uganda. Symptomatic disease is usually mild and is …

Zika virus is a flavivirus isolated in non human primates in 1647, then in humans 1954
(Uganda). It emerged on Micronesia (island af Yap) in 2007, then in French Polynesia in …

Concerns about the threat posed to global health security by Zika virus are escalating, with
new outbreaks reported in Central and South America. Locally transmitted (autochthonous) …

Zika virus is considered endemic to Africa and Asia, where it's regularly found within portions
of the population. 11 The virus circulates between primates and various Aedes mosquito …

Zika virus has recently emerged as a new public health threat. An arthropod-borne virus
named after the Zika forest in Uganda, it was first discovered in 1947. The virus caused only …

Zika virus (ZIKV) infection has recently affected 4 million people across the globe. The World
Health Organization has declared Zika a “Public Health Emergency of International …

Zika virus (ZIKV) infection is spreading rapidly within the Americas after originating from an
outbreak in Brazil. We describe the current ZIKV infection epidemic in Brazil and the …

Zika virus (ZIKV) is an enveloped RNA virus that belongs to the Flaviviridae family. Although
more than 60 years have passed since the discovery and first reported human cases of the …

Zika virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus transmitted primarily by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.
Most infections are asymptomatic, and symptomatic disease generally is mild. In May 2015 …

At the same time, the Secretariat of Health for Pernambuco State issued an alert based on a
10-fold surge in observed number of microcephaly cases and a suspicion of an infectious …