Zika Fever: Basic Facts About the Infection

E I Kalinina,T V Kulichenko

doi:10.15690/vsp.v15i3.1562

Abstract

At the beginning of 2016, the World Health Organization announced the spread of Zika virus to be a global threat. Serious concerns about the little-known up to the present time Zika fever are caused by the growth of neurological complications of this disease. There is no strong evidence yet, but more and more often this infection is associated with congenital skull and brain malformations, development of Guillain-Barre syndrome. The article presents the basic information on the epidemiology, clinical manifestations and diagnosis of viral Zika fever, and modern possibilities of its prevention.

Highlights

At the beginning of 2016, the World Health Organization announced the spread of Zika virus to be a global threat
Serious concerns about the little-known up to the present time Zika fever are caused by the growth of neurological complications of this disease
There is no strong evidence yet, but more and more often this infection is associated with congenital skull and brain malformations, development of Guillain-Barre syndrome

Summary

Introduction

At the beginning of 2016, the World Health Organization announced the spread of Zika virus to be a global threat. (For citation: Kalinina Elena I., Kulichenko Tatiana V. В последнее время интерес к данному заболеванию вырос не только в связи со стремительным распространением вируса Зика как в эндемичных зонах, так и по всему миру, но также из-за обнаружения вероятного высокотератогенного действия вируса на плод при отсутствии эффективных мер профилактики, лечения и контроля над его распространением [1].

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