Consider the following statements about Zika virus disease 1 It is caused by a v...........

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Consider the following statements about Zika virus disease:

1. It is caused by a virus transmitted by a Mosquito

2. presently there is no vaccine available for Zika virus.

3. Zika can be passed from a pregnant women To her foetus

Which of the following statements given Above is/are correct?

1 only

1and 2 only

2and 3 only

1,2and 3

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Explanation:

zika virus is a member of the virus family flaviviride .it is spread by daytime active aedes mosquito ,such as A.aegypti,its name come from the Zika forest of Uganda where the virus was fist isolated in 1947.
As of 2016 the illness cannot be prevented by medicines or vaccines.zika can spread from a pregnant women to her baby .this can result in microcephaly,severe brain malformations ,and other birth disease .