Zika Research Paper

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Zika is a virus which comes from Uganda. It has multiple symptoms such as fatigue, fever, chills and loss of appetite. You can get Zika by going to Rio or Uganda and getting bite by or stung by a mosquito or if you have intercourse with someone with the Zika virus. If a baby is born by women with Zika the baby is born with a small head at birth. The Zika virus comes from the Zika forest of Uganda. The virus was accidentally found while conducting a routine check for yellow fever in monkeys. It’s spread mostly by the bite of mosquitos. The mosquitos are very aggressive in the day time. In 1952 Zika infects its first human victims. The virus had spread from Uganda to other countries in Africa then to Asia and now in some parts of South America.

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