Zika Virus

Question 1

A disease transmitted primarily
through the bite of an infected female
Aedes mosquitoes?

Answer 1

Zika disease

Question 2

Family of Zika Virus?

Answer 2

Flaviviridae

Question 3

It is similar to
related arboviruses
such as dengue, yellow
fever, and West Nile
virus?

Answer 3

Zika virus

Question 4

Mode of transmission of zika virus?

Answer 4

Mosquito Bites
Mother to fetus
Sexual Contact

Question 5

Incubation period of Zika virus?

Answer 5

3 - 14 days

Question 6

Birth
defect in which a baby’s
head is smaller than
expected when compared to
babies of the same sex and
age?

Answer 6

Microcephaly

Question 7

Zika virus infection is also a trigger of
__________, neuropathy and myelitis, particularly
in adults and older children?

Answer 7

Guillain-Barré syndrome

Question 8

An
uncommon sickness of the nervous
system in which a person’s own
immune system damages the nerve
cells, causing muscle weakness, and paralysis?

Answer 8

Guillain-Barré syndrome

Question 9

Testing may include a _______ which looks for presence of the virus
in the body?

Answer 9

Molecular test

Question 10

Zika virus testing which looks for antibodies your body
makes to fight infection?

Answer 10

Serological testing