Developmental Abnormalities Caused By Zika Virus Infection

First isolated from a rhesus monkey in Uganda, the Zika virus (ZIK V) did not pose a serious global threat until recent outbreaks in 2007 on Yap Island in Micronesia and the current outbreak which began in 2013 in the French Polynesia. And, although the virus is transmitted via infected mosquitoes, studies indicate that the disease potentially can be transmitted sexually (Musso, D., Roche, C., Robin, E., Nhan, T., Teissier, A., and

Zika virus was discovered by scientists in the Zika rainforest in a remote part of Uganda in 1947, in the serum of an infected rheseus monkey. With five thousand two hundred thirty- four known cases of the infectious virus documented in the United States. There is currently no vaccination for the flu like virus. The chief concern of the healthcare administration is to continue to take preventive measures to prevent contracting the virus. Within the same flavivirus family

“This study marks a turning point in the Zika outbreak. It is now clear that the virus causes microcephaly”( Tom Frieden). Microcephaly is an abnormal smallness of the head, a congenital condition associated with incomplete brain development. With the Olympics being held in Brazil, there is much cause to attention the potential disease being brought back to the U.S. by female athletes bringing an epidemic to carry havoc on the citizens of the United States. It can be spread very easily through mosquito bites of the yellow fever mosquito. From the mosquitoes, the virus does not cause many symptoms to its victims generating unknown awareness of the virus. “ Only one in five people who become infected with Zika virus will feel sick. Symptoms of Zika virus infection include fever, rash, pink eye, pains in joints, pain behind the eyes, headache, and muscle pains”( Levison, Matthew). The symptoms, if any, last 4-7 days in most cases. The Zika Virus is an easily spread disease with few symptoms.

First, the Zika virus is carried by mosquitos. It can be transmitted by getting bitten by an affected mosquito. For some people symptoms can be felt as brief mild flu-like illness (Brown). The virus has many ways of spreading throughout the world.

February 1, 2016 the World Health announced a PHEIC (Public Health Emergency of International Concern) that declared the Zika virus was a global health emergency. Brazil being the most affected country in the world right now has cases where pregnant women with the virus have given birth to children with smaller heads causing their brains to not develop correctly.The Zika virus is a flavivirus (Karimi) that is related to the common dengue virus and West Nile disease. A flavivirus is a group of RNA (a ribonucleic acid), that are mostly carried by mosquitoes, flies, fleas, etc. The virus carried causes severe human diseases, that are most commonly related to the Dengue and West Nile disease. The disease

April 2015, small but deadly outbreaks began in Brazil, South America. Hundreds of Brazilian women infected by the Zika virus, endanger their unborn children to develop a form of brain damage called, Microcephaly. In the early months of 2016, South America’s CDCP (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) announced the Zika virus has taken full effect, and called for a state of emergency. Researchers today, study the effects of the Zika virus, where it comes/evolved from, and if there is a cure.

In conclusion the zika virus is a dangerous thing to the humans and the other animals out in the world. I hope you have learn something about this. Like the effect it could have on you or other

What is the Zika virus exactly? Have you heard of it before? Have you seen what it has done? It's just now starting to affect people in the U.S. The Zika virus is a usually mild disease that's transmitted through mosquitos. Most people recover, and severe illness or deaths from the virus are rare. The Zika virus is especially dangerous for pregnant women and their babies, and is thought to be spread around Central and South America to which pregnant women have been advised to not travel, because of results in sickness, and fatal birth defects in newborn babies. However many things are being done to fight the virus at all costs.

The common symptoms that have been recorded are headaches, rashes, a mild fever, red eyes, joint and muscle pain. Researchers suggest only one in five people infected by the virus, show any symptoms (“Zika virus.” WHO.int; “Zika Virus Disease: Q & A”). If people do not know whether they contracted the virus they will become human vectors, spreading the virus even more. There is a higher chance they will transmit the virus to other humans through pregnancy, blood transfusions, and sexually.

Zika is a forest in Uganda where the virus was discovered. Although the first case of Zika was discovered in 1947, the virus has just started spreading to America and parts of Asia this year.

Zika is a disease that presence it’s self in pregnant women. It spreads through mosquitos and can be given to humans through there bite. The disease can also be spread sexually, but symptoms do not show in males. Symptoms of the disease are fever, rash, red eyes, and joint pain. This disease also causes the baby to have birth defects when being born. The birth defects occur in the brain of the baby, causing the brain to be smaller than average.

The Zika virus was first identified in 1947 in Uganda in rhesus monkeys, then in humans in 1952 in both Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania. Zika virus is caused by a virus transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. It has been linked to babies being born with underdeveloped brains. It is spreading significantly through the Americas.

Zika virus disease, also referred to as Zika, is a disease that people can contract from the Zika virus. The Zika virus first emerged in Uganda in 1947 in rhesus monkeys. Its name comes from the Zika forest located in Uganda (CDC).

Zika infection is a developing mosquito-borne infection that was initially recognized in Uganda in 1947 in rhesus monkeys through a checking system of sylvatic yellow fever. It was in this way distinguished in people in 1952 in Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania. Flare-ups of Zika infection illness have been recorded in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and the Pacific. Google is helping to combat the Zika virus through funds and using their employees to help crunch number of the epidemic emerging.

Dr. Dan Pastula discussed that arboviruses are transmitted by mosquitoes, ticks, or sandflies. Zika has become a well known virus, but it was first identified in Uganda in 1947. It was thought for a long time, that patients are asymptomatic to mildly sick due to Zika virus. Rash, fevers, arthragias, myalgia, headaches, and conjunctivitis are common symptoms. However, Zika traveled across the Pacific and is now in areas that it previously was not. It is now known that Zika can be transmitted through sex and can have more severe disease. AIDP, meningoencephalitis, myelitis, and seizures can be seen in patients with active virus, and congenital abnormailites have been seen.