Open AccessZika –an Emerging Global Threat
Author(s) -
Priyanka Shakya,
Brijesh Sathian,
Niranjan Nayak
Publication year - 2016
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2091-0800
DOI - 10.3126/nje.v6i3.15869
Subject(s) - medicine , zika virus , aedes aegypti , rash , dengue fever , yellow fever , aedes , disease , virology , dermatology , virus , pathology , botany , larva , biology
Zika virus disease (Zika) is a new emerging mosquito borne illness, transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito especially Aedes aegypti. The infection, known as Zika fever often causes no or only mild symptoms which include fever, rash, joint pain, and conjunctivitis, which may last up to a week.