Zika virus: Alarming!!!

Authors

  • Sadia Choudhury Shimmi Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Jalan UMS, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
  • Urban John Arnold D'Souza Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Jalan UMS, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
  • Zaw Lin Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Jalan UMS, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.v11i1.641

Keywords:

zika virus

Abstract

Zika, a mosquito-borne flavivirus was identified in Uganda in 1947 in monkeys. From 1960s to 1980s, the zika viral diseases have been recorded in different parts of the world like Asia, Americas, Africa and the Pacific. Spreading of this viral disease has been observed in more than 60 countries and territories. Brazil has reported the relationship between ZIKV (zika virus) infection with Guillain-Barré syndrome and microcephaly in 2015. ZIKV has been confirmed in Malaysia and affected areas are Sabah, Johor, Selangor, Sarawak, and the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya. Up to December, 2016, 8 cases in Malaysia and 458 cases in Singapore have been reported.

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Published

2023-05-18

How to Cite

Choudhury Shimmi, S., Arnold D’Souza, U. J., & Lin, Z. (2023). Zika virus: Alarming!!!. Borneo Journal of Medical Sciences (BJMS), 11(1), 1–2. https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.v11i1.641
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