Zika virus
species of virus
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Summary
Zika virus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.49% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,919 views/month, #966 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- Named after: Zika Forest[4]
- Parent taxon: Flavivirus[5], Arbovirus group B[6]
- Taxon name: Zika virus[7]
- Subclass of: pandemic and epidemic-prone diseases[8]
- Commons category: Zika virus[9]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1995[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Zika virus[11]
- Disease transmission process: mosquito borne transmission[12], placental transmission[13], sexual transmission[14]
- Replaced by: Orthoflavivirus zikaense[15]
- Has effect: Zika virus infection[16], microcephaly[17]
- Has natural reservoir: Aedes aegypti[18], Asian tiger mosquito[19], Aedes africanus[20], Aedes hensilli[21]
- Different from: Zika[22]
- Diameter: 40 nanometre[23]
- Hashtag: Zika[24], Zikavirus[25]
- Permanent duplicated item: Q110628681[26]
- Basic reproduction number: 2.06[27]
- ICTV virus genome composition: positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus[28]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Zika Corpus[29], WikiProject Invasion Biology[30]
- Has biological vector: Aedes aegypti[31]
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Identifiers
Zika virus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 64320[32]. Zika virus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 541190[33]. Zika virus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9884175[34].
Why It Matters
Zika virus has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]