📌News Alert : Kerala: Thiruvananthapuram district reports 13 cases of Zika virus
📌Zika virus was first detected among monkeys in Uganda in 1947, and was later identified in humans in 1952 in Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania.
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📌Zika virus was first detected among monkeys in Uganda in 1947, and was later identified in humans in 1952 in Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania.
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The incubation period of Zika virus is between 3 to 14 days, and a majority of people infected by it do not develop any actual symptoms.
📌Some milder symptoms, exhibited by few individuals, include fever, rashes, headache, muscle and joint pain etc.
📌Some milder symptoms, exhibited by few individuals, include fever, rashes, headache, muscle and joint pain etc.
📌The National Institute of Virology had successfully isolated the Zika virus for the very first time in November of 2018. In India, the first local outbreak of Zika virus was reported in Ahmedabad in January 2017 and the second in Tamil Nadu’s Krishnagiri district in July, 2017
📌 What is Zika ?
Zika is a viral infection, spread by mosquitoes. The vector is the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which also spreads dengue and chikungunya. Additionally, infected people can transmit Zika sexually. 4/4
Zika is a viral infection, spread by mosquitoes. The vector is the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which also spreads dengue and chikungunya. Additionally, infected people can transmit Zika sexually. 4/4
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