The Health Department is on high alert after the first case of Zika virus was reported in a five-year-old girl. The girl from Raichur district in north Karnataka was infected with fever on November 13, after which she was admitted to a Government Hospital in Sindhanur. The symptoms were initially detected as Dengue, however, after she was shifted to the Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences her blood and urine samples were sent to Pune laboratory. There it was confirmed that the girl is infected with Zika Virus. What is Zika Virus? Zika virus is a variant of the virus family Flaviviridae and it spread through the bite of a daytime-active Aedes mosquito. The virus is linked with Guillain-Barre syndrome, neuropathy and myelitis. The first case of Zika virus was found in Kerala in 2020. According to the experts, the virus spreads even fasters in cold, cloudy weather and drizzles. Most people infected with the virus show no sign or symptoms, while some have fever, rashes and musc...
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