ZIKA VIRUS IN BRAZIL.AND NOW THREATS TO US AND ASIAN COUNTRIES.
ZIKA VIRUS IN BRAZIL.AND NOW THREATS TO US AND ASIAN COUNTRIES. Zika virus This article is about the virus. For the disease, Zika fever. Electron micrograph of Zika virus. Virus particles are 40 nm in diameter Virus classification. Family: Flaviviridae Genus: Flavivirus. Species: Zika virus. Zika virus (ZIKV) is a member of the virus family Flaviviridae and the genus Flavivirus, transmitted by daytime-active Aedes mosquitoes, such as A. aegypti. Its name comes from the Zika Forest of Uganda, where the virus was first isolated in 1947. The infections, known as ,Zika fever, often causes no or only mild symptoms. Since the 1950s it has been known to occur within a narrow equatorial belt from Africa to Asia. In 2014, the virus spread eastward across the Pacific Ocean to French Polynesia, then to Easter Island and in 2015 to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and America, where the Zika out...