Zika virus (ZIKV) is an enveloped, single stranded RNA
virus which is transmitted by daytime-active Aedes
mosquitoes. Its name comes from the Zika Forest of
Uganda, where the virus was first isolated in 1947. In
human, the virus causes a mild illness known as Zika
fever, Zika, or Zika disease, which since the 1950s has
been known to occur within a narrow equatorial belt
from Africa to Asia.