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Review
. 2016 Jul-Sep;5(3):523-527.
doi: 10.4103/2249-4863.197256.

Zika virus: An overview

Gautam Rawal  1 , Sankalp Yadav  2 , Raj Kumar  1
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Review

Zika virus: An overview

Gautam Rawal et al. J Family Med Prim Care. 2016 Jul-Sep.

Abstract

The Zika virus has been in the news for quite some time due to the ongoing recent outbreak in the Southern America, which started in December 2015. It has been declared a public health emergency by the World Health Organization in February 2016 owing to its association with the congenital deformities, particularly microcephaly in infants borne to the infected mothers. The rapid spread of the virus throughout the United States of America and subsequently to Asia has raised serious international concerns. Its spread to countries neighboring India is a serious threat to the Indian population. This review article gives an overview about the virus, its diagnosis, clinical features, and the management.

Keywords: Aedes; Flavivirus; Zika; arbovirus; microcephaly; virus.

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