16 Facts About Zika fever

Zika fever, known as Zika virus disease or simply Zika, is an infectious disease caused by the Zika virus.

Zika fever is mainly spread via the bite of mosquitoes of the Aedes type.

The last proven case of Zika fever spread in the Continental United States was in 2017.

Several countries affected by Zika fever outbreaks have reported increases in the rate of new cases of GBS.

The CDC recommends that women with Zika fever should wait at least 8 weeks after they start having symptoms of disease before attempting to conceive.

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When evaluating paired samples, Zika fever virus was detected more frequently in saliva than serum.

Zika fever virus had been relatively little studied until the major outbreak in 2015, and no specific antiviral treatments are available as yet.

In 2016 imported or locally transmitted Zika fever was reported in all the countries of Asia except Brunei, Hong Kong, Myanmar and Nepal.

Serological surveys have indicated that Zika fever virus is endemic in most areas of Asia, though at a low level.

Zika fever virus was first identified in the late 1940s in Kampala, Uganda, Africa but was first confirmed in Brazil.

Since it was first identified, Zika fever has been found in more than 27 countries and territories.

Zika fever virus was first linked with newborn microcephaly during the Brazil Zika fever virus outbreak.

In November 2015, the Zika fever virus was isolated in a newborn baby from the northeastern state of Ceara, Brazil, with microcephaly and other congenital disorders.

In one study in Pernambuco state in Brazil, about 40 percent of babies with Zika fever-related microcephaly had scarring of the retina with spots, or pigment alteration.

The women were then tested for Zika fever using PCR, then the progress of the pregnancies were followed using ultrasound.

Zika fever appears to have an equal tropism for cells of the developing eye, leading to high rates of eye abnormalities as well.