What is the epidemiology of Zika disease?

Abstract. Long known to be endemic in Africa and Southeast Asia and a rare cause of acute febrile illness, Zika virus (ZIKAV) arose from obscurity when an Asia. read more

The prevalence of Zika virus infection in Uganda was 6.1% in 1952 among a population of 99 residents. The prevalence of Zika virus infection was 7.1% in Java, Indonesia, from 1977-1978 among patients who were hospitalized for fever. read more

Zika (meaning overgrown in Luganda language) forest in Uganda was the site of an experiment in the early 1950's where scientists sought to monitor and study the spread of yellow fever. read more