What Is Zika Virus?

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A few months ago, a new viral disease is assault the population of Latin America called Zika virus. Virus Zika has been increased by nearly all Latin America, according to the world Organization of the health (who). This essay will discuss the causes, symptoms, and treatment of Zika virus.
What is Zika virus? Zika virus was discovered in 1947, in Uganda, specifically in the Zika forest. For some years, they began to record cases outside the African continent, particularly in Indonesia, where the virus came to other Pacific Islands and from there to America. The complications of the Zika virus have been linked to Guillain-Barre syndrome, where wrongly the immune system attacks the nervous system. Even death cases have been recorded in the view

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