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A REVIEW ON ZIKA VIRUS

Srikrishna T., Y. Prapurnachandra, P. Venugopalaih, P. Ramya*, Syed Shahistha, C. Jhansi Rani and V. Umadevi

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Abstract

This review article provides an overview of the virus, its diagnosis, clinical characteristics, and management. Because of the ongoing current outbreak in southern America, which began in December 2015, the Zika virus has been in the news for quite some time. The World Health Organisation designated it a public health emergency in February 2016 due to its relationship with congenital abnormalities, including microcephaly in infants born to infected women. The virus spreads rapidly across the United States of America, and then to Asia, has prompted severe worldwide worries. Its expansion to neighbouring nations poses a severe threat to the Indian populace.

Keywords: Zika virus, Aedes mosquito, Flaviviridae, Microcephaly and Neurological infections.