Zika virus infection in pregnant women and their children: A review

Zika virus (ZIKV) is an RNA arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus) from the Flavivirus genus and the Flaviviridae family [1,2]. Other viruses of clinical importance in the family are Dengue virus (DENV), West Nile virus (WNV) and Yellow Fever virus (YFV) [2]. In 1947, scientists conducting routine surveillance for YFV in the Zika forest in Uganda first isolated the ZIKV in samples taken from a captive, sentinel rhesus monkey [1]. Antibodies anti-ZIKV were detected in serosurvey studies in different animals which could act as their hosts, that included monkey species in Africa and Asia, bats, goats, rodents, and sheep [1].
Source: European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology - Category: OBGYN Authors: Source Type: research