Feb 28, 2017 | Chemical Pathology
Dr Pamela Moodley
The Zika virus belongs to the family of viruses, Flaviviridae. The term “flavi”, translated from Latin, means “yellow”, as the disease most commonly associated with this group of viruses is yellow fever, which can cause jaundice in infected individuals. Flaviviridae mostly circulate among ticks and mosquitoes, which can then transmit the viruses to humans.
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