Zika virus belongs to family
Flaviviridae, infection is generally caused by mosquito bites usually at day
time. Because of some clinical expression it has been misguided with
chikungunya and Dengue. Severe neurological complications such as Guillain-Barresyndrome, congenital malformations suspected to be linked with Zika virus.
Researches should focus on zika virus as it became a global emergency because
it is linked with congenital birth defects to infect and till now no effective
treatment or vaccine is available. WHO/PAHO encourages the country that does
clinical management and community assurance strategies to reduce the
transmission of the virus.
