Zika Virus.
Zika Virus spread to people through mosquito bite It is an Arbovirus, arbovirus is the group of virus which are transmitted by the bite of infected insects such as Mosquitoes,
It was first identified in the Zika forest near Kampala, Uganda in rhesus monkey in 1947.
Later it was found in human in 1952 in Uganda.
Zika virus infection during pregnancy also increases the risk of serious birth defects in infants, including a potentially fatal brain condition called microcephaly.
💠Symptoms of this disease.
70 to 80% people infected with this virus have no major symptoms.
Symptoms starts to show up 2 week after the person is bitten by a infected mosquito.
🔸️It also shows some symptoms like.
•Mild Fever
•Skin Rash
•Muscle Pain
•Red eye
•muscle pain
🔸️Their are two Aedes species mosquito which Carry the virus.
When a normal and healthy mosquito bites a person who is infected with the zika virus then the virus infects the mosquito, and when that mosquito bites another person, the virus enters his/her body.
🔸️It can also transmit through sexual activity.
It can transmit from body of a person to their partner by Anal, Viginal or even Oral sex.
This virus has been detected and can transmit through semen, breastmilk, saliva, urine, Vaginal fluids.