Invasion of Zika According to the CDC website, Zika is caused by the Zika virus strain that can be spread by mosquitos that are infected with the virus strain. The type of …show more content…
Most viruses have symptoms that are linked to them, thus making them easier to identify. The Zika virus, as written by the CDC (2016) sometimes doesn’t show any symptoms. This can lead to people not even knowing if they’ve been infected. They could have it and easily pass it along to others by having sex, or a mother can pass it along to its fetus. The symptoms that Zika does show are “fever, rash, joint pain, or conjunctivitis” (CDC 2016). These symptoms can be easily thought of as being something else. It can be confused with allergies or a cold or normal everyday illnesses. With this information, it can be seen that Zika isn’t a deadly virus, it’s a pretty tame virus. Its symptoms aren’t huge and people “very rarely die of Zika” (CDC