Zika virus and global health security

Zika virus and global health security.

Zika Virus: An Emerging Global Health Threat

Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging healthcare threat. The presence of the mosquito Aedes species across South and Central America in combination with complementary climates have incited an epidemic of locally transmitted cases of ZIKV infection in Brazil. As one of the most significant current public health concerns in the Americas, ZIKV epidemic has been a cause of alarm due to its known and unk...

Zika virus Infection: New Threat in Global Health

Zika virus is one Flavi virus, which is similar to dengue virus. At present, Zika virus infection occurs in some countries located in Central and South America. It is carried by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which are not living in Korea. However, Aedes albopictus has been spotted in Jeju Island and now this particular mosquito is known for carrying the virus, but at the current moment this mosquit...

Zika virus is a global public health emergency, declares WHO.

The Zika virus, and its suspected link to an increase in the number of babies born with microcephaly and a spike in neurological conditions is a global public health emergency, the World Health Organization has declared. WHO’s public health emergency committee, which met on Monday 1 February, declared that the spread of the virus was an emergency of public health concern, triggering funding int...

Zika Virus: A Recent Emerging Threat to Global Health

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne virus that belongs to the virus family Flaviviridae and the genus Flavivirus. It was first isolated from a rhesus monkey in Uganda in 1947, and caused sporadic human infections in some African and Asian countries, with usually mild symptoms of fever, rash, and arthralgia. It is also related to the Dengue, Yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, and West Nile v...