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  2. Zika virus - Wikipedia

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    Zika fever (also known as Zika virus disease) is an illness caused by Zika virus. [79] Around 80% of cases are estimated to be asymptomatic, though the accuracy of this figure is hindered by the wide variance in data quality, and figures from different outbreaks can vary significantly. [ 80 ]

  3. Zika fever - Wikipedia

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    Early in the 2015–16 Zika virus epidemic, research was begun to understand how the Zika virus causes microcephaly and other neurological disorders. [163] However, with the 2019 election of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, who cut funding for research, and the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, most Zika-related research projects were ...

  4. List of diseases spread by arthropods - Wikipedia

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    For example, the human body louse transmits the bacterium Rickettsia prowazekii which causes epidemic typhus. Although invertebrate-transmitted diseases pose a particular threat on the continents of Africa, Asia and South America, there is one way of controlling invertebrate-borne diseases, which is by controlling the invertebrate vector.

  5. Aedes aegypti - Wikipedia

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    Aedes aegypti (UK: / ˈ iː d iː z /; US: / eɪ d z / or / ˈ eɪ d iː z / from Greek αηδής 'hateful' and / eɪ ˈ dʒ ɪ p t i / from Latin, meaning 'of Egypt'), the yellow fever mosquito, is a mosquito that can spread dengue fever, chikungunya, Zika fever, Mayaro and yellow fever viruses, and other disease agents.

  6. List of infectious diseases - Wikipedia

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    Human parainfluenza virus infection Under research [19] [20] Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1) Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 infection Under research [21] [22] Hymenolepis nana and Hymenolepis diminuta: Hymenolepiasis: Examination of the stool for eggs and parasites Praziquantel, niclosamide: No Epstein–Barr virus (EBV)

  7. Mosquito-borne disease - Wikipedia

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    In January 2024, a publication by an Australian research group demonstrated significant genetic similarity between Mycobacterium ulcerans in humans and possums, compared to PCR screening of M. ulcerans from trapped Aedes notoscriptus mosquitoes, and concluded that Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative pathogen of Buruli ulcer, is transmitted by mosquitos.

  8. Zika virus vaccine - Wikipedia

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    A Zika virus vaccine is designed to prevent the symptoms and complications of Zika virus infection in humans. As Zika virus infection of pregnant women may result in congenital defects in the newborn, the vaccine will attempt to protect against congenital Zika syndrome during the current or any future outbreak. [ 1 ]

  9. Flavivirus - Wikipedia

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    Flavivirus, renamed Orthoflavivirus in 2023, [3] is a genus of positive-strand RNA viruses in the family Flaviviridae.The genus includes the West Nile virus, dengue virus, tick-borne encephalitis virus, yellow fever virus, Zika virus and several other viruses which may cause encephalitis, [4] as well as insect-specific flaviviruses (ISFs) such as cell fusing agent virus (CFAV), Palm Creek ...