Is Zika Virus An Emerging Mosquito Borne Virus?

Also known as the Zika virus, is now spreading into 2 species in many parts of Brazil. Researchers in Brazil have stated that out of 500 mosquitos, 450 mosquitos are contained with this insane virus we all call, “Zika Virus.” This disease is really shocking to the world since the Summer Olympic Games are happening and many countries, especially from the United States because most athletes are scared that they might bring home the virus and spread it in their nations or it's just painful to have it when you're in a country that is nowhere home.The reason why I picked this current events is that this virus has been going around for quite a while now and it's still amazing how a small mosquito can end up killing a person in many ways. It's also shocking when you hear an athlete who has a chance to win a gold medal for their country, but they are denying it because of their health issues and the future consequences that could happen. Remember that the Olympic is only every 4 years, so it has been a long time for them to train and not being able to go is a shame, but also its for their own health conditions, not what citizens want to see, a guy with a virus coming home. This “Zika Virus” has no end to it yet because there is no cure yet to be found and there has not been a human trail yet done to fix this

When people think of the word ‘epidemic’, they generally imagine a widespread disease that threatens humanity as a whole. While most of the hysteria associated with pandemics stem purely from fiction, it can be understandable why people always fear the worst. That is why when an outbreak of the Zika Virus was reported in the United States, an overall feeling of malaise set in. As of September 21, 2016, a total of 3,358 cases of the Zika Virus have been reported (“Center for Disease Control and Prevention”). Though the numbers are alarming, there is no need for a national quarantine or emergency evacuation. In reality, the Zika Virus is not as intimidating as society puts it out to be. The panic and confusion associated with

I have decided to discuss the article “Where's Zika Most Likely in the U.S.? The Answer May Surprise You” by Maggie Fox. There is a lot of concern in the news, throughout the healthcare industry, and the United States about Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and its’ role in the cause and symptoms of the Zika virus. Many factors play into an ideal climate for the mosquitoes. Heat, humidity, and heavy rains in the summertime will provide an ideal climate for them to thrive. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2016), “Zika virus spreads to people primarily through mosquito bites. The most common symptoms of Zika virus disease are fever, rash, joint pain, and conjunctivitis (red eyes). The illness is usually mild with symptoms lasting from several days to a week. Severe disease requiring hospitalization is uncommon” (Zika virus, para. 1). However, the fear that there will be a major Zika virus outbreak here in the United States is unsubstantiated at this time. The CDC (2016) notes, “Outbreaks of Zika have occurred in areas of Africa, Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and the

The Zika virus has shown to be increasingly circulating into a larger portion of the United States. This virus has devastating effects in people of all ages, including unborn children in pregnant women. Therefore, no one is protected from these virus carrying mosquitos. Symptoms including fevers, red eyes, rashes, and joint pain. Although the virus does not kill an infectee directly, infections and other complications will arise from the virus and could lead to fatality.

Although the Zika virus may be considered a new epidemic virus to many people in the United States Zika in fact has been a concern for Africa and Southeast Asia since the mid nineteen forties. Researchers now believe that the first strand of Zika that was traced back to a primate has now mutated into a more complex strand of virus. The newly formed outbreak of Zika started in western pacific islands and has spread to South America with high concentration of outbreaks in highly populated Brazil. The most recent outbreaks have been seen in the Caribbean Islands and Puerto Rico. Zika is an “ Abrovirus”, which is a virus that affects RNA in humans and is spread through arthropods such as mosquitoes. (Facui, 2016) Zika is a complex virus affecting individuals in particular ways; unlike strep throat that has specific signs and symptoms that doctors can diagnose. Zika may be viewed as a mild flu or in some cases in particular such as the reported case in the French Polynesia and Brazil of having neurological impacts on the patient. (Mlakar, 2016) New reports and studies have shown that the Zika virus can affect fetal development. Microcephaly in particular is a new- found impact on fetus development and mothers infected with the virus. The impacts of Zika are still being learned and only time will be able to present a cure to the virus, vaccines for other abrovirus are now being modified to help prevent the infectious spread of Zika. As headlines build and new cases are reported

Like mentioned before, Zika thrives due to mosquitoes. Mosquitoes thrive because of stagnant water, trash, and densely populated areas with meals highly accessible. Not enough of America and other developed countries are slum-like enough to aid the continuation and spread of Zika. Zika does not really have the capability to spread to pandemic measures, and if it did, it would not harm people in the ways other, more infectious and virulent diseases would and could. 2016 Rio Olympics, people were flustered, not wanting to have it be hosted there or send athletes there due to Zika being prominent in that area. But with all the crowds, events, tons of people going places and doing many things, guess how many Zika cases there were? Zero (Doucleff). This virus is not a serious threat. Only pregnant women, living in prime breeding grounds for mosquitoes, need to take more precautions. In the book Spillover, author David Quammen says, “The most recent big one is AIDS…About 30 million deaths, 34 million living people now infected, with no end in sight” (290). Hundreds of thousands of cases of Zika that possibly cause rash, fever, and headache that go away by itself in a few days has no right to be compared or considered possibly as big and devastating as AIDS, who kills almost everyone infected. He goes onto say, “Polio was a big one, at least in America…” this is where it struck hundreds of thousands and paralyzed or killed them (290). Next, he discusses one of the biggest ones over, the 1918-1919 influenza (290). The difference between these and Zika is that when they came about, no one knew much about them, so they were able to hit and spread rapidly. We know quite a bit about Zika. Another is that these diseases are highly virulent. Zika is not. These big ones were able to be big ones because they could infect anyone and everyone. Zika tends to only severely harm

The Zika Virus, a flavivirus, was first identified in 1947 in Rhesus Monkeys in a vegetative region of Africa known as Zika. It was identified as a causative agent of a febrile illness similar to Yellow Fever, and though studies showed that the virus was able to cross the blood brain barrier and showed greater affinity to the nervous system when studied in mice, the virus receded from the curiosity of researchers and tabloids of the public due to its mild symptomology. It has resurfaced with a vengeance however, even being proclaimed a public health emergency this past February, and a possible microcephaly epidemic.

The Zika virus is a deadly disease that is transmitted through mosquitoes, once the mosquito bites someone, it automatically injects the disease in the person’s blood. The Zika virus has been around since 1947, it was first discovered in a forest called Zika in Uganda. Over the years, the Zika virus poses a severe threat on million people who are polluted with the Zika virus in Brazil. In addition, The CDC confirmed that the United States has more than 50 cases of people who are contaminated with the Zika virus. These people are United States’ travelers who travel to Latin America and the Caribbean. Welch said, in one of these cases, there is a person who transmits the Zika virus to his/her partner through sexual intercourse. As a result, scientists advise people to abstain from sexual activities when the Zika symptom appears. It is also advised that pregnant should abstain from sex during this time. They can resume to their normal activities after all examinations are concluded. Honduras, Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico,

Emphasizing the importance of health is very beneficial for everyone because it could prevent many diseases and maintain a healthy habit. Zika infection has been spreading for the longest, but it came back and spread quickly in Latin America countries, Caribbean countries, and lastly United States. Over the past summer, there were many cases of Zika virus that had led to uncomplicated pregnancies with microcephaly, fever, rash, joint pain, red eyes, conjunctivitis, and much more. This virus is spread by mosquito bites so a person can be infected by the Zika Virus through a mosquito bite. Pregnant woman is susceptible to this virus because the unborn baby may be born with microcephaly meaning that the baby will have a small brain and an abnormal

Over the last several years, there has been an increasing presence of diseases such as Ebolie and the Zika. The virus is a disease that is caused by Aedes species mosquito infected with the Zika virus which is transmitted to human beings when they are bitten. When an individual is bitten he or she will experience symptoms such as a fever, red rash, pain in their joints and conjunctivitis (red eyes). Upon being bitten by an infected mosquito, an individual will experience his or her illness for a few days to week, depending on their immune system and most likely will not require a hospital visit. However, if the individual is a pregnant woman, the bite from the infected mosquito, will cause minor health issues to the unborn fetus. The first time the world heard of the Zika virus was in 1947 and the first case was in 1952. The case was in the forest of Zika forest of Uganda and after that case, the next cases were reported in Southeast Asia, Pacific Islands and tropical Africa.

Prior to the 2015 outbreak of Zika in Brazil, the disease was relatively obscure. The disease was discovered just over 70 years ago, and there have been small outbreaks worldwide from the 1960’s to 1980’s. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), Zika is spread from infected mosquitos and transmitted when a person is bit. The signs and symptoms of Zika are; rash, fever, muscle/joint pain, headaches and conjunctivitis. Symptoms typically resolve within a week or so, and recommended treatment is rest, hydration and treating the pain with medications (CDC, 2017). What made the outbreak in 2015 so much different? What happened in Brazil to have made world news, and illicit a response from agencies like the CDC and World Health

The Zika virus is a major, pressing virus that has not spread to America, but studies say it soon will. The Zika virus has been around since 1947, but in the past year, it has started to spread rapidly. Many people are becoming infected with the Zika virus, and women who are pregnant are giving birth to children with microcephaly (small heads). In the past six months, the Zika virus has spread from Southeast Asia and Africa to Brazil, where there was an outbreak last May. With time, dedication and knowledge, we can start to reduce the spread of Zika and help improve the lives of those infected.

The Zika virus was first identified in 1947 in Uganda. It was believed to be an intermittent disease, which eventually appear in Brazil in 2015. From there, it has spread aggressively all over Central and South America and still spreading in many areas around the world, and it is expected to extend to the Southern United States (BCofM, 2016). There are 599 cases in the United States from people that came or had traveled to the infected countries (Rosen:, 2016). Besides the Americas, the Zika virus has been detected in Oceania and Cape Verde in Africa (CDC, 2016).

On February 1st, 2016 1 Feb 2016 World Health Organization declared the numerous microcephaly cases and other neurological disorders a health emergency. (1) To start with, Zika is spreading at an incredible speed. The Zika virus has not only stayed in Brazil but has reached the majority of Latin America and Caribbean areas. The Zika virus has even reached as far as Miami Florida (5) There have been reports of the Zika virus in a neighborhood in Miami Florida to be the first case of the Zika virus in the United States of America. These revelations have activated alerts over the world.

Zika is a mosquito born virus that was first discovered by researchers studying monkeys in Uganda during the 1940s. By 1952 the virus was identified in humans and throughout the 1960s to 1980s small outbreaks were found across Africa and Asia. The Island of Yap reported the first large outbreak of Zika in 2007. In 2015 Zika spread to Brazil, The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, El Salvador, México, Paraguay, Suriname, and Guatemala. During this period Brazilian scientists discovered a link between Zika and Guillain-Barré syndrome, causing the immune system to attack nerves. Later a link to microcephaly, which causes a baby to be born with an abnormally small head due to abnormal brain development. In 2016 Zika continues to spread throughout the Americas. This virus poses an extreme threat to pregnant women continuing to spread through sexual transmission and mosquitoes.