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Zika virus disease

Zika is a flavivirus that is mainly transmitted by mosquitoes. Since early 2015, a Zika virus outbreak has been spreading in the Americas. The most common symptom is a rash – with or without fever – that lasts two to seven days. Patients may also get conjunctivitis (also known as pink eye), as well as muscle and joint pain. Zika virus disease is normally a mild disease and 80 % of infected people do not develop symptoms at all.

Data

How is Zika virus transmitted?

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Facts

Threats and outbreaks

Prevention and control

Surveillance and disease data

Microbiology

How to conduct conduct Zika virus diagnostic? ECDC algorithm for Zika virus laboratory diagnosis and an outline of the strategy for the laboratories performing Zika virus infection diagnostic tests

Preparedness

ECDC documents on Zika preparedness in EU: Preparedness guide for diseases transmitted by Aedes; Zika virus and safety of substances of human origin, and policy briefing.

Latest outputs

Publication

Communicable disease threats report, 15-21 August, week 33

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Communicable disease threats report, 11-17 July 2021, week 28

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Zika virus disease - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2019

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Zika virus disease - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2018

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Data

Zika transmission in the Caribbean

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Zika transmission in South East Asia

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Zika transmission in past nine months

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How is Zika virus transmitted?

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Mosquito-borne diseases: An emerging threat

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Poster with information for travellers

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Past and future spread of the arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus

May 2019

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Reviewing estimates of the basic reproduction number for dengue, Zika and chikungunya across global climate zones

Mar 2019

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Increased risk for autochthonous vector-borne infections transmitted by aedes albopictus in continental europe

Jun 2018

Related diseases

Disease / public health area

Chikungunya virus disease

Disease / public health area

Dengue

Disease / public health area

Japanese encephalitis

Disease networks

Emerging Viral Diseases-Expert Laboratory Network (EVD-LabNet)

European network for medical and veterinary entomology (VectorNet)

Mosquito maps

Mosquito maps

Maps of surveillance activities and current known distributions of mosquito species in Europe and neighbouring regions.