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zika virus
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Zika virus
Zika virus
(
ZIKV
) is a member of the
virus
family
Flaviviridae
and the
genus
Flavivirus
,
transmitted
by daytime-active
Aedes
mosquitoes, such as
A. aegypti
. Its name comes from the
Zika Forest
of
Uganda
, where the virus was first isolated in 1947.
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