Classification: ICD-10 A92.9

Synonyms: Zika virus fever.

Agent: Zika virus, an enveloped RNA flavivirus; closely related to Spondweni virus.

Reservoir: Monkeys, possibly rodents.

Vector: In Africa, isolated from Aedes africanus, Ae. apicoargenteus, Ae. luteocephalus, Ae. aegypti, Ae. vittatus, and Ae. furcifer mosquitoes; probably Ae. hensilii on Yap island.

Transmission: By mosquito bite. There is no person-to-person transmission.

Cycle: Reservoir host to mosquito to reservoir host; 2–5 days viremia in host, 5–7 days in mosquito, then back into host.

Incubation period

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