Question: Recently Zika Virus was in news. Where was it reported in India?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Kerala
(c) Assam
(d) Andhra Pradesh
Answer:(b)
Related Facts:
- On 8th July 2021, In the first case of Zika virus in Kerala, a 24-year-old pregnant woman has been diagnosed with the mosquito-transmitted disease.
- The mosquito-borne virus has been linked to shrunken brains in children and a rare auto-immune disease called Guillain-Barre syndrome.
- Although the virus is mostly spread by mosquitoes, it can also be sexually transmitted.
- Zika virus was first isolated from monkeys living in the Zika jungle of Uganda in 1947. It was only formally described as a distinct virus in 1952.
- In 2016 and 2017, the western state of Gujarat reported cases of the Zika virus from the city of Ahmedabad.
- It was first identified in monkeys in Uganda in 1947. The first human case was detected in Nigeria in 1954 and there have been further outbreaks in Africa, South East Asia and the Pacific Islands
- But in May 2015 it was reported in Brazil and spread rapidly
- As there is no treatment, the only option is to reduce the risk of being bitten.
BY: AMIT GUPTA