Zika virus

See also: zikavirus

Translingual

Proper noun

Zika virus

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

Synonyms

• ZIKV

Hypernyms

• (species): Amarillovirales - order; Flaviviridae - family; Flavivirus - genus; Spondweni virus group - clade

Related terms

• Zika disease
• Zika fever
• Zika Forest^WP

See also

vectors

• Aedes aegypti
• Aedes africanus
• Aedes apicoargenteus
• Aedes furcifer
• Aedes hensilli
• Aedes luteocephalus
• Aedes vitattus
• 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
• Zika virus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Zika virus at International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

English

Alternative forms

• ZIKV (initialism)

Etymology

After the Zika Forest in Uganda, from Luganda; see Zika Forest.

Pronunciation

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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)
• German: Zika-Virus n
• Hungarian: Zika-vírus
• Portuguese: zica (pt) m
• Spanish: virus del Zika m
• Swedish: zikavirus n