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On Wednesday, BMC confirmed the first case of Zika Virus infection in the city of Mumbai. A 79-year old man,…

The zika virus, which is spread by mosquitoes, was initially discovered in a Rhesus macaque monkey in Uganda in 1947…

Zika Virus: The first known case of the mosquito-borne virus in Uganda was in 1947. The Aedes mosquito bites it. …

INTRODUCTION TO ZIKV  The arthropod-borne Zika virus (ZIKV) belongs to the Flaviviridae family of RNA viruses, which also includes the…

US scientists believe that a single mutation in the Zika virus, spread by the mosquito, could lead to a dangerous…