Zika virus

Question 1

MOT

Answer 1

From mosquito to human

Human to human transmission

• sexually
• mother to child

Question 2

Pathogenesis

Answer 2

*The virus readily infects cells in the reproductive tissue with long-term infection of the semen and vaginal tissue.

The virus can infect the foetus leading to physical and clinical manifestations eg microcephaly

others :

• fever
• red eyes
• joint pain
• rash