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Publisher: Peytchinski, Gospodin Iliev
ISSN: 1312 773X (Online)
Issue: 2016, vol. 22, issue 2
Subject Area: Medicine
Pages: 1136-1138
DOI: 10.5272/jimab.2016222.1136
Published online: 06 June 2016
J of IMAB 2016 Apr-Jun;22(2):1136-1138
OUTBREAK OF ZIKA VIRUS DISEASE AND ITS COMPLICATIONS
Gabriela S. Tsankova1 
, Zekie Kasimova2, Tatina T. Todorova1, Milena Avdzhiyska2, Dajna Tsankova2.
1) Department of Preclinical and Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University Varna, Bulgaria
2) Student in Medical University of Varna, Bulgaria.
ABSTRACT:
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an arbovirus from Flaviviridae family, genus Flavivirus. Like most of the viruses which belong to the Flavivirus genus, it replicates in and is transmitted by mosquitoes. Unlike other arbovirus infections including dengue and chikungunya, Zika virus causes a relatively mild disease. The most common symptoms of ZIKV are mild fever, arthralgia, myalgia, headache, asthenia, abdominal pain, oedema, lymphadenopathy, retro-orbital pain, conjunctivitis, and cutaneous maculopapular rash, which last for several days to a week. Although 80% of the cases with ZIKV are asymptomatic, severe complications such as microcephalia and GBS may be observed. This explains why ZIKV is more dangerous that it was thought to be and why it rapidly evolves in unexpected challenge for the international and national public health authorities.
Key words: Zika virus, Pregnancy, Microcephaly, Guillain-Barré syndrome,
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Tsankova GS, Kasimova Z, Todorova TT, Avdzhiyska M, Tsankova D. Outbreak of Zika virus disease and its complications. J of IMAB. 2016 Apr-Jun;22(2):1136-1138.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2016222.1136.
Correspondence to: Gabriela St. Tsankova, Department of Preclinical and Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University Varna; 3, Bregalniza Str., 9002 Varna, Bulgaria; E-mail: gabriela_sc@abv.bg
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Received: 18 April 2016
Published online: 06 June 2016