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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>
*Zika virus infection symptoms will usually begin with a mild headache. Within 24 hours, they will progress to include a macropapular rash spread across the face, neck, trunk, upper arms, palms, and soles; fever, malaise, and back pain follow shortly.<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>
*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>
*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>
**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 the second day.<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 the third day.<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]
  • Zika virus infection symptoms will usually begin with a mild headache. Within 24 hours, they will progress to include a macropapular rash spread across the face, neck, trunk, upper arms, palms, and soles; fever, malaise, and back pain follow shortly.[2]
  • Without treatment, Zika virus infection symptoms will usually last from 4-7 days[1]
    • The rash is expected to begin to fade after the second day.[2]
    • The fever is expected to break after the third day.[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 2.2 Hayes EB (2009). "Zika virus outside Africa". Emerg Infect Dis. 15 (9): 1347–50. doi:10.3201/eid1509.090442. PMC 2819875. PMID 19788800.
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