Zika

É uma doença viral aguda, transmitida principalmente por mosquitos, tais como Aedes aegypti, caracterizada por exantema maculopapular pruriginoso, febre intermitente, hiperemia conjuntival não purulenta e sem prurido, dor nas articulações, dor muscular e dor de cabeça. Apresenta evolução benigna e os sintomas geralmente desaparecem espontaneamente após 3 a 7 dias.

Tipo de doença:

Arboviroses; Doenças febris agudas; Doenças infecciosas; Doenças negligenciadas; Doenças tropicais; Doenças virais

Agente causador:

ZKV

Agente transmissor:

Aedes aegypti ; Aedes albopictus

Doenças e problemas relacionados:

Chikungunya; Dengue; Febre amarela

Notícias

Fiocruz research shows social impacts of Zika virus

In Brazil, a mother is as vulnerable as her child born with microcephaly due to zika in the last thr...

Fiocruz reinforces strategy against dengue with new phases of the Wolbachia project

The Wolbachia Method, patented by the World Mosquito Program (WMP) and conducted in Brazil by Fiocru...

Fiocruz Rondônia, Fundhacre and Charles Mérieux Center for Infectious Diseases strengthen...

With the arrival of winter in the Amazon, there is growing concern about the diseases transmitted by...

Study assesses the impact on babies of maternal infection by the zika virus

A national collaboration between researchers from Fiocruz and from 25 other Brazilian institutions g...

Director of ITM Antwerp visits Fiocruz for debate about cooperation

Director of the Institute of Tropical Medicine of Antwerp (ITM), in Belgium, Marc-Alain Widdowson vi...