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• Zika virus disease is caused by a virus transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes.
• People with Zika virus disease usually have symptoms that can include mild fever, skin rashes, conjunctivitis, muscle and joint pain, malaise or headache. These symptoms normally last for 2-7 days.
• There is no specific treatment or vaccine currently available.
• The best form of prevention is protection against mosquito bites.
• The virus is known to circulate in Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific.

Read more from the World Health Organisation (WHO)...

Epidemiology, Diagnosis & Treatment  

Epidemiology - Geographic distribution & Transmission

Differential Diagnosis and Diagnosis for non-pregnant, pregnant, pre-natal and post-natal infant patients

Treatment overview and recommendations for pregnant women and infants

Preparedness & Control

WHO's Global Emergency Response Plan

Zika Virus Australian notifications - Australian Government Department of Health

Prevention - UpToDate topic

Zika Virus Outbreaks - All Countries and Territories with Active Zika Virus Transmission

(Source: Centers for Disease Control)

 NT Case Report

ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION IN AUSTRALIA FOLLOWING A MONKEY BITE IN INDONESIA

Grace HY Leung (1), Robert W Baird (1), Julian Druce (2) and Nicholas M Anstey (1,3)

(1) RDH, Darwin; (2) Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory; (3) Menzies School of Health Research and CDU Darwin

A traveller returning to Australia developed Zika virus infection after a monkey bite in Bali, Indonesia. Although mosquito-borne transmission is also possible, we propose the bite as a plausible route of transmission. The literature for non-vector transmissions of Zika virus and other flaviviruses is reviewed.