Zika Virus Threat and Transmission
by Marco Giannini @marco_gnnn
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An infographic about the spread of Zika virus through South and Central America, and how the epidemic can be transmitted to other countries by means of civilian flights.
Zika virus is a member of the virus family, spread by Aedes mosquitoes, such as A. aegypti. Its name comes from the Ziika Forest of Uganda, where the virus was first isolated in 1947.
There was a major epidemic in 2015 and 2016 in the Americas. The outbreak began in April 2015 in Brazil, and spread to other countries in South America, Central America, North America, and the Caribbean, mostly by air flights. In January 2016, the WHO said the virus was likely to spread throughout most of the Americas by the end of the year, and in February 2016, the WHO declared the cluster of microcephaly and Guillain–Barré syndrome cases reported in Brazil – strongly suspected to be associated with the Zika outbreak.
It was estimated that 1.5 million people were infected by Zika in Brazil, with over 3,500 cases of microcephaly reported between October 2015 and January 2016.
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