Supportive care, Generally not needed in mild cases[2]
Deaths
≥ 51 (2016–19)[9]
Zika fever, also known as Zika virus disease or simply Zika, is an infectious disease caused by the Zika virus.[1] Most cases have no symptoms, but when present they are usually mild and can resemble dengue fever.[1][4] Symptoms may include fever, red eyes, joint pain, headache, and a maculopapular rash.[1][2][3] Symptoms generally last less than seven days.[2] It has not caused any reported deaths during the initial infection.[4] Mother-to-child transmission during pregnancy can cause microcephaly and other brain malformations in some babies.[5][6] Infections in adults have been linked to Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS).[4]
Zika fever is mainly spread via the bite of mosquitoes of the Aedes type.[2] It can also be sexually transmitted and potentially spread by blood transfusions.[2][8] Infections in pregnant women can spread to the baby.[5][6][10] Diagnosis is by testing the blood, urine, or saliva for the presence of the virus's RNA when the person is sick, or the blood for antibodies after symptoms are present more than a week.[1][2]
Prevention involves decreasing mosquito bites in areas where the disease occurs and proper use of condoms.[2][8] Efforts to prevent bites include the use of insect repellent, covering much of the body with clothing, mosquito nets, and getting rid of standing water where mosquitoes reproduce.[1] There is no effective vaccine.[2] Health officials recommended that women in areas affected by the 2015–16 Zika outbreak consider putting off pregnancy and that pregnant women not travel to these areas.[2][11] While there is no specific treatment, paracetamol (acetaminophen) may help with the symptoms.[2] Admission to hospital is rarely necessary.[4]
The virus that causes the disease was first isolated in Africa in 1947.[12] The first documented outbreak among people occurred in 2007 in the Federated States of Micronesia.[2] An outbreak started in Brazil in 2015, and spread to the Americas, Pacific, Asia, and Africa.[13] This led the World Health Organization to declare it a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in February 2016.[13] The emergency was lifted in November 2016, but 84 countries still reported cases as of March 2017.[14] The last proven case of Zika spread in the Continental United States was in 2017.[15]
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^Cardona-Ospina, Jaime A.; Henao-SanMartina, Valentina; F.Acevedo-Mendoza, Wilmer; Nasner-Posso, Katherinn Melissa; F.Martínez-Pulgarín, Dayron; Restrepo-López, Abril; Valencia-Gallego, Valentina; Collins, Matthew H.; Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J. (6 September 2019). "Fatal Zika virus infection in the Americas: A systematic review". International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 88: 49–59. doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2019.08.033. PMID 31499212. S2CID 202414341. A systematic review of the literature was performed, showing 51 reported deaths associated with ZIKV infection in nine countries.
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