Zika Virus Outside Africa

Zika Virus Outside Africa

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a flavivirus related to yellow fever, dengue, West Nile, and Japanese encephalitis viruses. In 2007 ZIKV caused an outbreak of relatively mild disease characterized by rash, arthralgia, and conjunctivitis on Yap Island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. This was the first time that ZIKV was detected outside of Africa and Asia. The history, transmission dynamics, virology, a...

Is South Africa at risk for Zika virus disease?

The first case of Ebola virus disease acquired outside Africa.

To the Editor: The current epidemic of Ebola virus disease (EVD) remains essentially confined to West Africa.1 We present a case of transmission of the virus associated with the care of a patient who was transported from Sierra Leone to Spain on September 22, 2014. A 44-year-old female nurse assistant took care of the patient on one occasion on September 24, and after he died on September 25, s...

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 after Returning from Thailand