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==Natural History==
==Natural History==
*The symptoms of Zika virus infection usually develop between 3 and 12 days after contraction.<ref name="factsheet">{{cite web |url=http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/zika_virus_infection/factsheet-health-professionals/Pages/factsheet_health_professionals.aspx |title=Zika Virus Infection Factsheet for Health Professionals |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=November 11, 2015 |website=European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control |publisher= |access-date=December 11, 2015 |quote=}}</ref>
*The symptoms of Zika virus infection usually develop between 3 and 12 days after contraction.<ref name="factsheet">{{cite web |url=http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/zika_virus_infection/factsheet-health-professionals/Pages/factsheet_health_professionals.aspx |title=Zika Virus Infection Factsheet for Health Professionals |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=November 11, 2015 |website=European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control |publisher= |access-date=December 11, 2015 |quote=}}</ref>
*Without treatment, Zika virus infection symptoms will usually last from 4-7 days
*Without treatment, Zika virus infection symptoms will usually last from 4-7 days<ref name="factsheet">{{cite web |url=http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/zika_virus_infection/factsheet-health-professionals/Pages/factsheet_health_professionals.aspx |title=Zika Virus Infection Factsheet for Health Professionals |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=November 11, 2015 |website=European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control |publisher= |access-date=December 11, 2015 |quote=}}</ref>
<ref name="factsheet">{{cite web |url=http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/zika_virus_infection/factsheet-health-professionals/Pages/factsheet_health_professionals.aspx |title=Zika Virus Infection Factsheet for Health Professionals |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=November 11, 2015 |website=European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control |publisher= |access-date=December 11, 2015 |quote=}}</ref>**The rash is expected to begin to fade after 2 days<ref name="pmid19788800">{{cite journal| author=Hayes EB| title=Zika virus outside Africa. | journal=Emerg Infect Dis | year= 2009 | volume= 15 | issue= 9 | pages= 1347-50 | pmid=19788800 | doi=10.3201/eid1509.090442 | pmc=PMC2819875 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19788800  }} </ref>
**The rash is expected to begin to fade after 2 days.<ref name="pmid19788800">{{cite journal| author=Hayes EB| title=Zika virus outside Africa. | journal=Emerg Infect Dis | year= 2009 | volume= 15 | issue= 9 | pages= 1347-50 | pmid=19788800 | doi=10.3201/eid1509.090442 | pmc=PMC2819875 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19788800  }} </ref>
**The fever is expected to break after 3 days<ref name="pmid19788800">{{cite journal| author=Hayes EB| title=Zika virus outside Africa. | journal=Emerg Infect Dis | year= 2009 | volume= 15 | issue= 9 | pages= 1347-50 | pmid=19788800 | doi=10.3201/eid1509.090442 | pmc=PMC2819875 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19788800  }} </ref>
**The fever is expected to break after 3 days.<ref name="pmid19788800">{{cite journal| author=Hayes EB| title=Zika virus outside Africa. | journal=Emerg Infect Dis | year= 2009 | volume= 15 | issue= 9 | pages= 1347-50 | pmid=19788800 | doi=10.3201/eid1509.090442 | pmc=PMC2819875 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19788800  }} </ref>





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Overview

Natural History

  • The symptoms of Zika virus infection usually develop between 3 and 12 days after contraction.[1]
  • Without treatment, Zika virus infection symptoms will usually last from 4-7 days[1]
    • The rash is expected to begin to fade after 2 days.[2]
    • The fever is expected to break after 3 days.[2]






References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Zika Virus Infection Factsheet for Health Professionals". European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. November 11, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Hayes EB (2009). "Zika virus outside Africa". Emerg Infect Dis. 15 (9): 1347–50. doi:10.3201/eid1509.090442. PMC 2819875. PMID 19788800.