Essays on Zika Virus

Zika Virus Lyme Disease Influenza The disease is limited to humans? No- It can be transmitted through mosquitos and when they bite you.  [1: Overview Zika Virus, 2019.] No- It can be transmitted through ticks. Yes- It is spread by human to human contact. [2: Influenza (Flu), 2020.] Limited to persistence in the environment? No-...

The Zika virus is transmitted through the Aedes mosquitoes however there’s been cases where the virus has been transmitted through sexual intercourse. This virus usually causes mild infections; it also includes some symptoms such as muscle pain, rash, itching all over the body and fevers which last to 2-7 days. However the Zika virus can...

Since the rapid rise and spread of the Zika virus, search for a vaccine has ensued. While the virus causes mild symptoms in most, its association with severe birth defects in pregnant women, notably abnormal fetal brain development and microcephaly, to Guillain-Barré syndrome in adults (an autoimmune disorder that causes paralysis) has a vaccine imperative...