Zika virus
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zika-virus-178-4906649
title:
Zika virus
text:
Zika virus is a member of the virus family Flaviviridae. It is spread by daytime-active Aedes mosquitoes, such as A. aegypti and A. albopictus. Its name comes from the Ziika Forest of Uganda, where the virus was first isolated in 1947. Zika virus shares a genus with the dengue, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, and West Nile viruses. Since the 1950s, it has been known to occur within a narrow equatorial belt from Africa to Asia. From 2007 to 2016, the virus spread eastward, across the Pacific
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Species of flavivirus
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zika_virus
date created:
2009-10-25T21:51:24Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T10:36:44Z
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13
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