Zika
Aedes-transmitted tropical fever
Zika is a mosquito-borne virus that causes mild fever, rash, and joint pain in most people but can cause severe birth defects when pregnant women are infected.
The 2015-2016 outbreak in Brazil brought international attention to the disease: Health officials warned travelers about Zika.
Named after the Ugandan forest where the virus was first identified.
Undersized cranium disorder
- Guillain-BarreAutoimmune peripheral neuropathy
- congenitalExisting from birth
- neurologicalOf the nervous system
- pregnancyCarrying developing offspring
Sudden eruption of trouble
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- spreadTo distribute widely
- transmissionSending of information
- contagionDisease spread by contact
quarantine · cluster · wave · flare-up · surveillance · epidemiology · endemic · hotspot
Largest South American nation
Arthropod-transmitted vertebrate pathogen
- RNAGene expression molecule
- pathogenDisease-causing microorganism
- viremiaPathogens in bloodstream
- antibodiesProteins targeting pathogens
immunity · infection · teratogen · vector-borne · strain · mutation · replication · incubation
Quantity with direction
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
- larvaeImmature metamorphosing creatures
- bitePierce with teeth
- repellentCauses strong aversion
netting · insecticide · fumigation · DEET · permethrin · elimination · surveillance
Elevated body temperature
- rashHeedless or skin irritation
- conjunctivitisInflammation of eye lining
- headacheCranial pain
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
mild · asymptomatic · self-limiting · malaise · red-eyes · itching
Facility for scientific investigation
- genomicsStudy of entire genetic sequences
- pathogenesisHow disease develops
- immunologyScience of bodily defenses
- phylogeneticsScience of ancestral relationships
bioinformatics · funding · NIH · collaboration · therapeutic · antiviral
Disease prevention injection
- contraceptionPregnancy prevention measures
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- condomContraceptive sheath worn internally
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
microcephaly
Undersized cranium disorder
- Guillain-BarreAutoimmune peripheral neuropathy
- congenitalExisting from birth
- neurologicalOf the nervous system
outbreak
Sudden eruption of trouble
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- spreadTo distribute widely
- transmissionSending of information
contagion · quarantine · cluster · wave · flare-up · surveillance · epidemiology · endemic · hotspot · WHO
Brazil
Largest South American nation
arbovirus
Arthropod-transmitted vertebrate pathogen
antibodies · immunity · infection · teratogen · vector-borne · strain · mutation · replication · incubation · isolate
vector
Quantity with direction
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
- larvaeImmature metamorphosing creatures
- bitePierce with teeth
repellent · netting · insecticide · fumigation · DEET · permethrin · elimination · surveillance
fever
Elevated body temperature
- rashHeedless or skin irritation
- conjunctivitisInflammation of eye lining
- headacheCranial pain
fatigue · mild · asymptomatic · self-limiting · malaise · red-eyes · itching
laboratory
Facility for scientific investigation
- genomicsStudy of entire genetic sequences
- pathogenesisHow disease develops
- immunologyScience of bodily defenses
phylogenetics · bioinformatics · funding · NIH · collaboration · therapeutic · antiviral
vaccine
Disease prevention injection
- contraceptionPregnancy prevention measures
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- condomContraceptive sheath worn internally
- viral diseasesinfluenza, measles, mumps, rubella, smallpox
- tropical diseasesmalaria, dengue, cholera, yellow fever, typhoid
- Vector Diseasesmalaria, dengue, dengue fever, West Nile, yellow fever
- Neuroimmunologymultiple sclerosis, blood-brain barrier, myelin, transverse myelitis, relapsing-remitting
- Virologybacteriophage, tropism, DNA virus, retroviral, cell lysis
- Arbovirusesdengue, West Nile, yellow fever
Zikainfluenza
Acute viral respiratory infection
COVID-19 · tuberculosis · measles · SARS · common cold
ZikaEbola
Fatal hemorrhagic fever virus
rabies · HIV/AIDS · smallpox · bubonic plague · yellow fever
ZikaLyme disease
Tick-transmitted bacterial infection
hantavirus · Legionnaires' disease · influenza · West Nile virus · Ebola
- Zika virusFlavivirus spread by mosquitoes