Zika virus
A member of the Flaviviridae virus family is the zika virus
Aedes mosquitoes that are active during the day, such A. aegypti and A. albopictus, spread it.
The Ziika Forest in Uganda, where the virus was initially discovered in 1947, gave it its name.
Aedes mosquitoes that are active during the day, such A. aegypti and A. albopictus, spread it.
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Virus particles are 40 nm in diameter and have been digitally tinted purple.
Similar to dengue disease, yellow fever, and West Nile virus is the zika virus.
Zika fever is a virus-borne illness spread by mosquitoes (ZIKV)
Infection cannot be prevented by a vaccine
Aedes species mosquitoes
that have
contracted zika
are the
main source
of transmission.
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