Zika Virus Diseases – The New Face of an Ancient Enemy as Global Public Health Emergency (2016): Brief Review and Recent Updates

International Journal of Preventive Medicine (Int J Prev Med)2008-78020120170208Zika Virus Diseases – The New Face of an Ancient Enemy as Global Public Health Emergency (2016): Brief Review and Recent Updates17621762ENDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, ESIC Dental College and Hospital, New DelhiDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, ESIC Dental College and Hospital, New DelhiDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, MB Kedia Dental College, BirgunjDepartment of Pedodontics, Inderprastha Dental College and Hospital, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh20170208Zika virus (ZIKV) disease is caused by a virus transmitted by Aedes mosquito. It presents as flu‑like symptoms lasting for 5–7 days and shows potential association with neurological and autoimmune complications such as congenital microcephaly and adult paralysis disorder, Guillain–Barré syndrome. Treatment measures are conservative as the disease is self‑limiting. ZIKV earlier affected several tropical regions of Africa and Asia from 1951 to 2006. Subsequently, it moved out from these regions to land as outbreaks in Yap Island, French Polynesia, South America, and most recently in Brazil. The WHO declared it as an international public health emergency in 2016 and an extraordinary event with recommendations for improving communications, tightening vigil on ZIKV infections, and improving mosquito control measures. The authors in this article aim to briefly discuss ZIKV infection, its epidemiology, clinical manifestations, management, and prevention.Keywords: Aedes, arbovirus, congenital microcephaly, Guillain–Barré syndrome, Zika virushttp://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/view/1762http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/download/1762/2052