Must To Know About Zika Virus
A brief review on ZIKA virus infection (ZIKV) History and Origin: Zika virus was isolated for the first time from the serum of a pyrexial rhesus monkey gaoled in the canopy of Zika Forest. The virus was isolated for the second time from a lot of A. africanus again in the same forest. The virus has been named ‘Zika’ after the locality from where it was isolated and discovered. Economic importance: The ZIKA virus (ZIKV) is related to several other viruses i.e. Yellow fever, Dengue, West Nile, and Japanese encephalitis viruses. ZIKV is an emergent mosquito borne pathogen, a type of flavivirus (family flaviviridae) which caused an outbreak of comparatively mild disease characterized by rash, arthralgia, and conjunctivitis on Yap Island, federated states of Micronesia in the south western Pacific Ocean in the year 2007. It is basically a single stranded RNA virus, of clinical importance and its closest relative is Spondweni virus, the other member of its clade.
