Dear Editor, First discovered during 1947 in Uganda from febrile rhesus macaques, Zika virus （ZIKV） is a mosquito-borne, reemerging flavivirus historically known to be present in much of Africa and Asia, occasionall...Dear Editor, First discovered during 1947 in Uganda from febrile rhesus macaques, Zika virus （ZIKV） is a mosquito-borne, reemerging flavivirus historically known to be present in much of Africa and Asia, occasionally causing outbreaks amongst the local populace （Haddow et al., 2012）. ZIKV infections in humans are mostly asymptomatic, but a small percentage of patients may show clinical symptoms such as a fever and rash, which resolve within a week or less.展开更多
文摘Dear Editor, First discovered during 1947 in Uganda from febrile rhesus macaques, Zika virus （ZIKV） is a mosquito-borne, reemerging flavivirus historically known to be present in much of Africa and Asia, occasionally causing outbreaks amongst the local populace （Haddow et al., 2012）. ZIKV infections in humans are mostly asymptomatic, but a small percentage of patients may show clinical symptoms such as a fever and rash, which resolve within a week or less.
