Zika virus 寨卡病毒

Zika virus
繁：寨卡病毒
简：寨卡病毒

由蚊子傳播、可引致胎兒患上先天性小頭畸形症的寨卡病毒（Zika Virus），除了在南美洲國家巴西造成近四千宗病例外，近日有蔓延全球之勢。中美洲國家薩爾瓦多亦有九十六宗疑似病例，而近日有泰國男子入境台灣時確認感染寨卡病毒。

寨卡病毒蚊疫恐蔓延全球（2016年1月23日）。東方日報，取自 http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20160123/00180_004.html

What is Zika virus?

• It is spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which also carries dengue fever and yellow fever

• It was first discovered in Africa in the 1940s but is now spreading in Latin America
• Scientists say there is growing evidence of a link to microcephaly, that leads to babies being born with small heads
• While Zika virus can lead to fever and a rash, most people show no symptoms, and there is no known cure
• The only way to fight Zika is to clear stagnant water where mosquitoes breed, and to protect against mosquito bites

Zika virus triggers pregnancy delay calls. (2016, January 23). BBC News. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-35388842