Zika virus disease (Zika or ZIKV) is a disease caused by the Zika virus, which is spread to people primarily through the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito.
Zika Virus Disease
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Invasive Mosquito Project.The Invasive Mosquito Project is aimed at monitoring invasive container-inhabiting mosquito species across the United States. By doing this monitoring, we can determine where the invasive mosquito species, as well as native species, are distributed across the U.S. and define at-risk human and animal populations based on this distribution. This citizen science project provides students, teachers, and anyone interested the opportunity to collect real data and contribute to a national mosquito species distribution study.
- USDA Wants Citizen-scientists to Help Fight Zika (May 17, 2016)
The Associated Press; The Denver Post.
- USDA Wants Citizen-scientists to Help Fight Zika (May 17, 2016)
On Aug 1, 2016, CDC issued guidance for people living in or traveling to a 1-square-mile area of the Wynwood neighborhood in Miami, FL, identified by the Florida Department of Health as having mosquito-borne spread of Zika. (https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/han00393.asp)
Ae. aegypti is the primary vector responsible for the current outbreak in the Americas. Ae. albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito) has been shown to be able to transmit Zika virus in Africa and in laboratory settings, although it does not yet appear to be a major vector of the virus. (Plourde and Bloch 2016; WHO 2016)
The most common symptoms of Zika are fever, rash, joint pain, and conjunctivitis (red eyes). The illness is usually mild with symptoms lasting for several days to a week after being bitten by an infected mosquito. People usually don't get sick enough to go to the hospital, and they very rarely die of Zika. For this reason, many people might not realize they have been infected. However, Zika virus infection during pregnancy can cause a serious birth defect called microcephaly, as well as other severe fetal brain defects. Once a person has been infected, he or she is likely to be protected from future infections. (DHHS, CDC)
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Partnership
Pan American Health Organization; Regional Office for The Americas of the World Health Organization.
See also: Latest Global Situation Report on Zika
Federal Government
DHHS. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Provides links and resources for State Health Departments, many of which have information about Zika virus and West Nile virus with specific state information.
DHHS. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Academic
Purdue University. News. (Indiana).
University of California - Los Angeles. UCLA Newsroom.
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Citations
DHHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Zika Virus. [Accessed May 30, 2016].
Plourde, A.R., and E.M. Bloch. 2016. A literature review of Zika virus. Emerging Infectious Diseases 22(7).
World Health Organization. 2016. Zika Virus Technical Report (PDF | 3.49 MB). Interim Risk Assessment, WHO European Region.