Zika virus

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Taxon taxon Q202864
Zika virus
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Zika virus

Summary

Zika virus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.49% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,863 views/month, #966 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Zika virus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Zika virus is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Zika Forest is named after Zika virus[5].
  • Zika virus is classified within Flavivirus[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Zika virus is Zika virus[7].
  • Zika virus is a type of pandemic and epidemic-prone diseases[8].
  • Zika virus's Commons category is recorded as Zika virus[9].
  • Zika virus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Zika virus[10].
  • Zika virus's disease transmission process is recorded as mosquito borne transmission[11].
  • Zika virus's disease transmission process is recorded as placental transmission[12].
  • Zika virus's disease transmission process is recorded as sexual transmission[13].
  • Zika virus's has effect is recorded as Zika virus infection[14].
  • Zika virus's has effect is recorded as microcephaly[15].
  • Zika virus's has natural reservoir is recorded as Aedes aegypti[16].
  • Zika virus's has natural reservoir is recorded as Asian tiger mosquito[17].
  • Zika virus's has natural reservoir is recorded as Aedes africanus[18].
  • Zika virus's has natural reservoir is recorded as Aedes hensilli[19].
  • Zika virus's different from is recorded as Zika[20].
  • Zika virus's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q178674', 'amount': '+40'}[21].
  • Zika virus's hashtag is recorded as Zika[22].
  • Zika virus's hashtag is recorded as Zikavirus[23].
  • Zika virus's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q110628681[24].
  • Zika virus's ICTV virus genome composition is recorded as positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus[25].
  • Zika virus's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Zika Corpus[26].
  • Zika virus's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[27].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Zika virus is Zika virus[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Flavivirus[6].

Discovery and Description

Zika Forest is named after Zika virus[5].

Identifiers

Zika virus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 64320[28]. Zika virus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 541190[29]. Zika virus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9884175[30].

Why It Matters

Zika virus ranks in the top 0.49% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,863 views/month, #966 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . ICTV Master Species List 2013 v2. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Overview of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in regards to the Brazilian epidemic. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . ICTV Master Species List 2013 v2. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . ICTV Master Species List 2013 v2. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . emro.who.int. emro.who.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [28] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [29] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [30] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . Concurrent outbreaks of dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus infections – an unprecedented epidemic wave of mosquito-borne viruses in the Pacific 2012–2014. wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . Zika virus damages the human placental barrier and presents marked fetal neurotropism. wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . Potential sexual transmission of Zika virus. wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION IN MAN.. wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . Zika Virus Disrupts Neural Progenitor Development and Leads to Microcephaly in Mice. wikidata.org.
  17. [16] . Isolation of Zika Virus from Aedes Aegypti Mosquitoes in Malaysia *. wikidata.org.
  18. [17] . Zika virus in Gabon (Central Africa)--2007: a new threat from Aedes albopictus?. wikidata.org.
  19. [18] . Zika virus: further isolations in the Zika area, and some studies on the strains isolated. wikidata.org.
  20. [19] . Aedes hensilli as a Potential Vector of Chikungunya and Zika Viruses. wikidata.org.
  21. [20] . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] . Flavivirus genome organization, expression, and replication. wikidata.org.
  23. [22] . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] . ICTV Master Species List 2016 v1.3. wikidata.org.
  27. [26] . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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