is iran threatened by zika virus?

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: Where Is the Treatment?

In the twenty-first century, we have seen the (re-)emergence of several RNA viruses causing severe infections in humans, like SARS and MERS coronavirus, and more recently Ebola virus and Zika virus (ZIKV). A problem with (re-)emerging virus infections is the lack of available medical countermeasures, including antiviral treatment. Therefore, the development of broadly acting antiviral compounds...

Zika Virus Infection after Returning from Thailand

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 ...

Zika Virus

Zika virus is shown in cross section at center left. Visible on the periphery are envelope proteins (pink) and membrane proteins (magenta) embedded in a lipid membrane (light purple). Within the interior of the virus, the RNA genome (yellow) is associated with capsid proteins (orange). Two viruses are shown interacting with cell surface receptors (green) and are surrounded by blood plasma prote...