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File:CDC map of active Zika virus transmission.jpg. ... Map produced by the US Centers for Disease Control of active Zika Virus transmission as of April 13, 2016.
Zika fever (also known as Zika virus disease) is an illness caused by Zika virus. [80] 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. [ 81 ]
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]
Zika fever, also known as Zika virus disease or simply Zika, is an infectious disease caused by the Zika virus. [1] Most cases have no symptoms, but when present they are usually mild and can resemble dengue fever .
Google said in a statement it was providing a $1 million grant to the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund to help it raise awareness about Zika.
A Zika virus infection might be suspected if symptoms are present and an individual has traveled to an area with known Zika virus transmission. [33] Zika virus can only be confirmed by a laboratory test of body fluids, such as urine or saliva, or by blood test.
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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 ...