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ZIKA VIRUS EPIDEMIC 2
Zika Virus Epidemic
In 2015, there was a widespread epidemic of Zika fever which began in Brazil and later
spread to most parts of South America. By the beginning of 2016, the outbreak had spread to
North America and most islands in the Pacific. According to a report by the world health
organization (WHO) announced that by mid-2016, the virus would have spread all over the south
and North America, and the neighboring Pacific islands (Campos, Bandeira & Sardi, 2015). This
report prompted the organisation to declare the virus a Public Health Emergency of International
Concern. Its severe effects on health and how it is quickly spread at the same time it is tough to
determine the number of cases infected and affected since the diseases are considered
asymptomatic, and only one in five cases tend to show severe symptoms of the viral infection.
By the end of 2016, the World Health Organization declared the end of the Zika fever epidemic.
The Zika virus was first discovered in Uganda in 1947. Like its other members of the
flaviviruses, it is transmitted from one person to the next after being bitten by the Aedes aegypti
mosquitoes. Members of the flavivirus family are those responsible for causing West Nile fever,
dengue fever, and yellow fever. The effects of the virus are severe and can be transmitted from
the pregnant mother to her child, which results in severe congenital disabilities and
microcephaly. As stated above, it is difficult to determine the number of people infected since
only about 30% of those affected show symptoms. After contracting the virus, it has an
incubation period of between 3-14 days depending on the individual. Most do not show signs,
however, a few symptoms of the sickness are muscle and joint pain, rash, fever, headache, and
conjunctivitis. Despite the viral infection not showing signs, it can be a trigger for other
complications, for example, neuropathy, therefore requiring the health institutions to respond to
the diseases instantly.

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Running Head: ZIKA VIRUS EPIDEMIC Zika Virus Epidemic Student’s name Institutional affiliation 1 ZIKA VIRUS EPIDEMIC 2 Zika Virus Epidemic In 2015, there was a widespread epidemic of Zika fever which began in Brazil and later spread to most parts of South America. By the beginning of 2016, the outbreak had spread to North America and most islands in the Pacific. According to a report by the world health organization (WHO) announced that by mid-2016, the virus would have spread all over the south and North America, and the neighboring Pacific islands (Campos, Bandeira & Sardi, 2015). This report prompted the organisation to declare the virus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Its severe effects on health and how it is quickly spread at the same time it is tough to determine the number of cases infected and affected since the diseases are considered asymptomatic, and only one in five cases tend to show severe symptoms of the viral infection. By the end of 2016, the World Health Organization declared the end of the Zika fever epidemic. The Zika virus was first discovered in Uganda in 1947. Like its other members of the flaviviruses, it is transmitted from one person to the next after being bitten by the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Members of the flavivirus family are those responsible for causing West Nile fever, dengue fever, and yellow fever. The effects of the virus are severe and can be transmitted from the pregnant mother to her child, which results i ...
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