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| image_caption = [[rash]] on arm due to Zika virus
| image_caption = [[rash]] on arm due to Zika virus
| ordo = Unassigned
| ordo = Unassigned
| familia = [[ Flaviviridae]]
| familia = [[Flaviviridae]]
| genus = ''[[ Flavivirus]]''
| genus = ''[[Flavivirus]]''
| species = '''''Zika virus'''''
| species = '''''Zika virus'''''
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==Organism==
*Zika virus, also known as '''''ZIKV''''', is an enveloped, icosahedral virus with a single-stranded, positive sense RNA genome. The most closely related virus is the [[Spondweni virus]].<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zika_virus Zika virus</ref>
==Refererences==
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Revision as of 21:18, 11 December 2015

This page is about microbiologic aspects of the organism(s).  For clinical aspects of the disease, see Zika virus infection.

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Nate Michalak, B.A.

Zika virus
rash on arm due to Zika virus
rash on arm due to Zika virus
Scientific classification
Order: Unassigned
Family: Flaviviridae
Genus: Flavivirus
Species: Zika virus

Organism

  • Zika virus, also known as ZIKV, is an enveloped, icosahedral virus with a single-stranded, positive sense RNA genome. The most closely related virus is the Spondweni virus.[1]

Refererences