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Facts about Zika virus infection

Factsheet for health professionals

Most Zika infections result in a mild illness or are asymptomatic, but there is a scientific consensus that the Zika virus is a cause of microcephaly, congenital nervous system malformations and Guillain-Barré syndrome.

Questions & answers

Questions and answers on Zika virus disease: The disease, Risk for pregnant women, Risk for travellers going to/returning from affected areas, Risk for Zika-infected people to develop Guillain-Barré syndrome, Risk of transmission in Europe

Infographics

Zika virus is transmitted to people through the bite of an infected Aedes mosquito. But there are other, although rare, modes of transmission: sexual transmission, mother-to-child transmission, transmission through blood donations. See ECDC infographics