Symptoms Possible symptoms of Zika fever include fever, feeling sick, a rash, muscle and joint pain, headache, and conjunctivitis. The illness is usually benign and lasts a few days to a week (2 to 7 days). An asymptomatic course is common. Guillain-Barré syndrome may rarely occur as a complication. If a pregnant woman is infected, … Zika Fever
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a virus first detected in East Africa that is transmitted by mosquitoes. While Zika infection is mostly harmless to healthy adults and usually causes no or mild symptoms, infection during pregnancy can cause severe damage to the fetus. Transmission by mosquitoes The virus is transmitted mainly by the yellow fever mosquito, … What is the Zika Virus?
