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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Zika virus (ZIKV) is a member of the Flaviviridae virus family and the flavivirus genus. In humans, it causes a disease known as Zika fever. It is related to dengue, yellow fever, West Nile and Japanese encephalitis, viruses that are also members of the virus family Flaviviridae.t is most closely related to the Spondweni virus and is one of the two viruses in the Spondweni virus clade. The virus was first isolated in 1947 from a rhesus monkey in the Zika Forest of Uganda, Africa and was isolated for the first time from humans in 1968 in Nigeria.
Diagnosis Zika virus can be identified by RT-PCR in acutely ill patients and from day 5 post onset of fever by serology (detection of specific IgM antibodies). Serological cross-reactions with closely related flaviviruses are possible [4][5]. few outbreaks have been reported in tropical Africa and in some areas in Southeast Asia.Agent Zika virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus closely related to dengue virus. The virus was first isolated in 1947 from a sentinel rhesus monkey stationed on a tree platform in the Zika forest, Uganda [2].