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Zika virus (ZIKV; pronounced / ˈ z iː k ə / or / ˈ z ɪ k ə / [3] [4]) is a member of the virus family Flaviviridae. [5] It is spread by daytime-active Aedes mosquitoes, such as A. aegypti and A. albopictus. [5] Its name comes from the Ziika Forest of Uganda, where the virus was first isolated in 1947. [6]
Uganda The Zika virus is first isolated in 1947 in a rhesus monkey in the Zika Forest near Entebbe, Uganda, and first recovered from an Aedes africanus mosquito in 1948. [4] [5] Serological evidence indicates additional human exposure and/or presence in some mosquito species between 1951 and 1981 in parts of Africa (Uganda and Tanzania having the first detection of antibody in humans, in 1952 ...
Is 2024 a bad year for mosquitoes? This is the time of year most of the bloodsuckers like to feast. While it's not yet clear if 2024 will be an unusually active year for mosquito-borne viruses ...
An epidemic of Zika fever, caused by Zika virus, began in Brazil and affected other countries in the Americas from April 2015 to November 2016. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the end of the epidemic in November 2016, but noted that the virus still represents "a highly significant and long term problem". [2]
Other mosquito-borne diseases like Zika, dengue and chikungunya fever could hit Texas. Being out at dusk or dawn makes for cooler running, but you are more likely to run into mosquitoes at those ...
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Mosquito Alert is a cooperative citizen science project, currently run as a non-profit and coordinated by four public research centers in Spain. [1] The aim of the project is to study, monitor, and fight the spread of invasive mosquitoes transmitting global diseases such as dengue , Zika , Chikungunya or West Nile fever .
The Asian Tiger Mosquito can transmit diseases such as West Nile virus, Zika virus, Chikungunya, and Dengue fever to humans as well as heartworm to pets, according to the PHF.