A REVIEW OF CAUSES AND PREVENTION OF THE ZIKA VIRUS FEVER

Abstract

Zika virus (ZIKV) also belongs to the same family Flaviviridae of the Chikungunya, West Nile, Japanese encephalitis and the Dengue fever. So it also becomes difficult to detect the ZIKV fever because it is misinterpreted as the dengue virus or chikungunya. Further there is no specific medicine available in the market for this fever so only bedrest and some kind of fever medicines can be taken to treat the person. Precautionary measures must be taken prior to get infected with the infection of the virus like sleeping under the mosquito nettings, destroy all the stagnant water places which are the breeding place for the mosquitoes. For the combination of ZIKV and DENV (Dengue virus) anti-inflammatory medicines must not be taken. So in this paper the techniques for the detection of the ZIKV infections and treatment available till date has been discussed which will be very helpful for the researchers continuing or starting their research in ZIKV.