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Dear [FIRSTNAME],
Zika virus
(
ZIKV
)
is a member of the
virus
family
Flaviviridae
and the
genus
Flavivirus
.
[3]
It is
spread
by daytime-active
Aedes
mosquitoes, such as
A. aegypti
and
A. albopictus
.
[3]
Its name comes from the
Zika Forest
of Uganda, where the virus was first isolated in 1947.
[4]
Zika virus is related to the
dengue
,
yellow fever
,
Japanese encephalitis
, and
West Nile
viruses.
[4]
Since the 1950s, it has been known to occur within a narrow equatorial belt from Africa to Asia.
From 2007
to 2016
, the virus spread eastward,
across the Pacific Ocean
to the Americas, leading to the
2015–16 Zika virus epidemic
.
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