Zika virus

See also: zikavirus

Translingual

Proper noun

Zika virus

1. A taxonomic species within the genus Flavivirus – the cause of Zika disease, which is linked to microcephaly in newborns.

Synonyms

• ZIKV

Hypernyms

• (species): Virus; ssRNA viruses; (+)ssRNA viruses, no DNA stage; Flaviviridae - family; Flavivirus - genus;  - clade

Related terms

• Zika disease
• Zika fever
• Zika Forest^WP

See also

vectors

• Aedes aegypti
• Homo sapiens

hosts

• Homo sapiens
• monkeys
• Simiiformes

References

• Zika virus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Zika virus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Zika virus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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Zika virus at National Center for Biotechnology Information

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English

Alternative forms

• ZIKV (initialism)

Etymology

After the Zika Forest in Uganda, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Luganda; see Zika Forest.

Noun

Zika virus (uncountable)

1. A particular flavivirus, causing mild illness and linked with birth defects in humans.

Related terms

• zika
• Zika disease
• Zika fever

Translations

virus

• Estonian: Zika viirus
• Finnish: zikavirus (fi)
• French: virus Zika m
• Georgian: ზიკას ვირუსი (ziḳas virusi), ზიკა ვირუსი (ziḳa virusi)
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• German: Zika-Virus n
• Hungarian: Zika-vírus
• Spanish: virus del Zika m
• Swedish: zikavirus n