Zika is a virus that is spread mostly by mosquitoes. A pregnant mother can pass it to her baby during pregnancy or around the time of birth. It can spread through sexual contact. There have also been reports that the virus has spread through blood transfusions. There have been outbreaks of Zika virus in the United States, Africa, Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, parts of the Caribbean, and Central and South America.
Most people who get the virus do not get sick. One in five people do get symptoms, which can include a fever, rash, joint pain, and conjunctivitis (pink eye). Symptoms are usually mild, and start 2 to 7 days after being bitten by an infected mosquito.
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- Zika Virus (National Library of Medicine)Zika is a virus that is spread mostly by mosquitoes. A pregnant mother can pass it to ... through blood transfusions. There have been outbreaks of Zika virus in the United States, Africa, Southeast Asia, ...
- Zika Virus Test What is a Zika virus test? A Zika virus test looks for signs of a Zika virus infection in a sample of your blood or urine ( ... after symptoms begin. Why do I need a Zika virus test? Zika virus outbreaks tend to come ...
- Zika is a virus passed to humans by the bite of infected mosquitoes. Symptoms include fever, joint ... The Zika virus is named after the Zika forest in Uganda, where the virus was first discovered in 1947. ...
- Areas at Risk for Zika (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)Identify countries and territories at risk for Zika.
- Zika Virus: Recommendations for Travelers and People Living Abroad (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)Zika Virus/Related Issues ... Zika Virus ... Traveler's Health/Specifics ... Traveler's Health ... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... Learn how to prevent Zika when ...
- Zika Virus Fact Sheet (World Health Organization)Zika virus is an emerging mosquito-borne virus that was first identified in Uganda in 1947 in ...
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- Zika Virus (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)Homepage for CDC's Zika virus website.
- Zika Q&A (World Health Organization)The rise in the spread of Zika virus in Brazil has been accompanied by an unprecedented rise in the number of children being born with unusually small heads—identified ...
- Zika Virus Disease (World Health Organization)Zika virus is primarily transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito from the Aedes genus, mainly ... Zika virus is primarily transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito.
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