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Abstract
A viral disease transmitted by the bite of AEDES mosquitoes infected with ZIKA VIRUS. Its mild DENGUE-like symptoms include fever, rash, headaches and ARTHRALGIA. The viral infection during pregnancy, in rare cases, is associated with congenital brain and ocular abnormalities, called Congenital Zika Syndrome, including MICROCEPHALY and may also lead to GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME.
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- Fever, Zika
- ZikV Infection
- Zika Fever
- Zika Virus Disease
- Disease, Zika Virus
- Infection, ZikV
- Infection, Zika Virus
- Virus Disease, Zika
- Virus Infection, Zika
- Congenital Zika Syndrome
- Congenital Zika Virus Infection
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2016
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- Arbovirus Infections (1964-2015)
- Flavivirus Infections (1972-2015)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Zika Virus Infection. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000071243. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000071243
- Zika Virus Infection. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27043680