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Option 3 : Mosquito Bite
Option 3 is correct, i.e. Mosquito Bite.
- Zika virus is spread to people through mosquito bites.
- The most common symptoms of Zika virus disease are fever, rash, joint pain, and conjunctivitis (red eyes).
- The illness is usually mild with symptoms lasting from several days to a week.
Extra facts:
Zika virus:
- It is a single-stranded RNA virus from the flavivirus family.
- Carrier: Aedes mosquito.
- Mode of Transmission:
- Mosquito bite
- Blood transfusion
- Sexual transmission
- It was first discovered in a monkey (1947) and then in humans (1952) in Uganda.
- Outbreaks: Major Zika virus outbreaks have been reported in Tropical countries.
- Island of Yap (2007).
- French Polynesia (2013).
- Brazil (2015).
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