Zika Virus: A Roar After Years of Whispering

Zika Virus: A Roar After Years of Whispering.

Zika Virus Infection after Returning from Thailand

Is Iran threatened by Zika virus?

Zika virus is an Arbovirus identified first time in 1947 in Uganda. Zika epidemic is a threat far greater than the Ebola outbreak. The World Health Organization has urged Asian countries to be vigilant about the risk of spreading Zika virus and preventive measures to control it. In Iran, 64 species of mosquitoes from Culicidea family have been reported three of which belong to the Aedes genus, ...

zika virus infection

Zika virus.

etiological agent Zika virus is a single-stranded RNA Flavivirus of the Flaviviridae family, transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus Aedes sp. It was identified in Rhesus monkeys in 1947, in the Zika Forest, Uganda, Africa, during jungle yellow fever surveillance. The first report of the disease in humans dates back to 1952 (cited by Campos GS et al.).1 Zika virus (ZIKV) was known until the end ...