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==Pathophysiology== | ==Pathophysiology== | ||
===Transmission=== | |||
*Zika virus is primarily transmitted to humans via the bite of an infected ''Aedes'' mosquito. These mosquitoes are also vectors for [[Dengue virus|dengue]] and [[Chikungunya virus|Chikungunya]] viruses.<ref name="pmid19788800">{{cite journal| author=Hayes EB| title=Zika virus outside Africa. | journal=Emerg Infect Dis | year= 2009 | volume= 15 | issue= 9 | pages= 1347-50 | pmid=19788800 | doi=10.3201/eid1509.090442 | pmc=PMC2819875 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19788800 }} </ref> | |||
==Gross Pathology== | ==Gross Pathology== | ||
==Microscopic Pathology== | ==Microscopic Pathology== |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Nate Michalak, B.A.
Overview
Pathophysiology
Transmission
- Zika virus is primarily transmitted to humans via the bite of an infected Aedes mosquito. These mosquitoes are also vectors for dengue and Chikungunya viruses.[1]
Gross Pathology
Microscopic Pathology
- ↑ Hayes EB (2009). "Zika virus outside Africa". Emerg Infect Dis. 15 (9): 1347–50. doi:10.3201/eid1509.090442. PMC 2819875. PMID 19788800.