Zika disease en · PROPN
Etymology
From Zika Forest, where the virus was discovered at a mosquito research facility of the Uganda Virus Research Institute.
Meanings
- A disease of humans, transmitted by mosquitoes, caused by the Zika virus, with symptoms similar to dengue fever and many other diseases, that also apparently causes microcephaly in the newborns of infected mothers.
Relateds
hypogyration · hypomyelination · dysmyelination · hypoplasia · Zika Forest · Zika virus