Zika Virus

Syllabus: General studies paper 3 (S&T) Context: Kerala is on alert after detecting at least 15 cases of the zika virus. About zika virus: Zika is a viral infection, spread by mosquitoes. The vector is the aedes aegyptimosquito, which also spreads dengue and chikungunya. Additionally, infected people can transmit zika sexually. First identified in uganda in 1947 in monkeys,zika was detected in humans five years later. Sporadic cases have been reported throughout the world since the 1960s, but the first outbreak happened only in 2007 in the island of yap in the pacific. In 2015, a major outbreak in brazil led to the revelation that....Read More